The mission of the first battalion is to keep an eye on the Japanese Fifth Brigade, consume them on the battlefield, and finally kill them.
Battalion Commander Xiong Changhe stood near the Japanese military station, holding a telescope and staring at every move of the Japanese and puppet troops in several attacking directions on the battlefield.
Suddenly, the appearance of a group of Japanese soldiers caught Xiong Changhe's attention.
More than two hundred Japanese soldiers, carrying light and heavy weapons, quickly approached the battlefield from the center of the camp where the firefight was taking place.
"No, the Japs are going to fight back..." Xiong Changhe ordered with a frown.
"Order the first company commander to concentrate all his troops and firepower to cover the retreat of the attacking troops at any time!"
Liang Cheng next to him reminded: "Should we let the nearby Second Company, the troops directly under the battalion headquarters, and the guard company fight together to severely damage the Japanese counterattack force? If possible, concentrate our troops and firepower to kill this little Japanese who strengthened the squadron!"
"No need... After bringing back the attacking troops, make contact with the Japanese counterattack troops and then retreat. The attacking troops in other directions will also retreat together. The attack tonight is over and there will be no more fighting!"
"We won't fight now!" Liang Cheng asked with disbelief.
In his eyes, this was not in line with the fighting style of Xiong Changhe in front of him. He would not eat any fat that was put to his mouth, which was simply impossible before.
"The commander's order!" Xiong Changhe replied helplessly.
"I also wanted to eat the Japanese soldiers who might fight back for a while, but the regiment leader wouldn't let me."
"At around five o'clock in the afternoon, the regiment commander gathered all the battalion commanders together for a meeting and issued this order."
"Not only tonight, but in the next five days, we will be in a position to be defeated in one strike and lose to the little devil!"
"Show weakness!" Liang Cheng asked tentatively.
"It should be!" Liang Cheng affirmed.
"Da da da……"
Just when he was about to continue talking, the gunshots coming from the direction of the company suddenly became intensive.
A platoon of attacking troops left two corpses and began to retreat as soon as they exchanged fire.
It didn't matter if they retreated. More than a hundred Japanese soldiers rushed out of their positions like hungry wolves and charged at the attacking troops with rifles with bayonets in hand.
The machine gun was held in the arms of the Japanese. While attacking with the team, he moved forward to draw fire~
People in the attacking troops were shot constantly and fell down on the way back.
"Da da da~"
A line of responding troops finally opened fire. Although the flying bullets failed to suppress the Japanese counterattack firepower, they still greatly reduced the pressure on the attacking troops, and they quickly retreated back.
In less than five minutes, the gunshots that had been heard on the battlefield for more than two hours stopped.
Xiong Changhe retreated with the troops while staring at the Japanese counterattack troops.
In his opinion, since the Japanese army decided to counterattack, they must give themselves a good beating and achieve some results.
Because he retreated in time and prepared the response troops in advance, the Japanese army's aggressive counterattack did not achieve any results.
In this case, the best way for the Japanese to expand their victory is to pursue the attacking troops until they kill the first company.
However, what surprised Xiong Changhe was that the Japanese counterattack force did not pursue the victory.
They stopped less than three hundred meters out of the station, and then quickly retreated.
"I understand why the regiment commander didn't let us attack the troops with the Japs!" Xiong Changhe, who was retreating with the troops, suddenly reacted.
The instructor next to him was shocked: "What's the reason?"
"The Japs are too vigilant. As soon as their counterattack troops are attacked or encounter the slightest danger, they will immediately retreat and it will be difficult to come out again!" Xiong Changhe explained with excitement on his face.
"This is a sign of weakness. After several days of showing weakness, the Japanese counterattack troops will definitely become more and more courageous. At that time, we can seize the opportunity to give them a roundup and kill all their counterattack troops in one battle!"
Liang Cheng was stunned for a moment and replied: "The leader is still thoughtful and will always take care of the little devil!"
"Even if the little devil doesn't give us a fighter plane, we can still find a way to create one ourselves!"
Xiong Changhe said: "Otherwise, our new regiment would not have grown from a few hundred people to more than 10,000 people in such a short period of time, including large-caliber heavy artillery, tanks, and armored vehicles!"
"Lao Liang, hurry up and count the casualties. Send all the wounded soldiers to the back. Although we didn't really fight with the Japanese today, we just made tentative attacks. However, those tentative attacks can also kill the Japanese."
"I saw with my own eyes when the company was retreating, they killed at least ten little Japs with the final heavy firepower!"
"As expected, we should have killed a small group of Japs tonight!"
"One small team in one night will be more than one squadron in five days. When the Japanese attack troops are rounded up, then the Japanese Fifth Battalion in front of us, no matter how cautious we are and make every step, only half of it will be left in five days."
Infantry brigade."
"When the time comes, concentrate your firepower and troops and launch a fierce attack. We will definitely annihilate them all in one night!"
The Japanese division headquarters and the battle reports of the ten infantry brigades were quickly collected into the hands of Lieutenant General Ito.
"Division commander, our judgment is correct. The new regiment of the Eighth Route Army only has ten battalions on the front line!" the chief of staff analyzed while staring at the combat sandbox.
"As soon as the counterattack troops sent by each brigade moved, the Eighth Route Army nearly retreated. If they still had extra troops, I am sure they would seize the opportunity to kill our counterattack troops. The Eighth Route Army is too cunning and will never let go of such a good opportunity.
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"Now they don't, and they are actively retreating. There is only one possibility. They don't have any extra troops, and they are afraid of suffering too many casualties under the attack of our counterattack troops!"
The worries in the division leader's heart disappeared: "I agree with this judgment~ Tonight, I can finally have a good sleep~"
"Division commander, you mean that the Eighth Route Army will not attack us again tonight!" the chief of staff asked.
"Yes, but it must be a tentative attack. As soon as the counterattack troops move, they will retreat!" Lieutenant General Ito replied.
Then he added: "Since the Eighth Route Army has no extra troops on the front line, and they are worried about too many casualties, their attacks in the next few days will definitely be based on testing. Because they want to leave a sufficient number of troops.
The troops are waiting for us to expose some weakness, and then seize the opportunity to fight us decisively!"
The chief of staff affirmed: "We will definitely not expose any loopholes or opportunities to the Eighth Route Army!"
"We have suffered losses in front of them many times, and we will definitely not suffer losses this time!"
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