Zhou Zhengyang discovered it as soon as the Japanese troops showed signs of retreat.
"If you want to run away, you can't!" Zhou Zhengyang sneered.
Then he ordered to the communication soldiers around him: "Inform Captain Zhang of the artillery battery behind me, I am going to counterattack calmly without artillery fire on the Japanese, and request artillery support!"
After finishing speaking, Zhou Zhengyang gave a loud order: "Heavy machine gun cover, others follow me to fight out! Bugler, blow the charge horn, comrades, charge with me, kill the Japanese in vain!"
Just as most of the squadron of Japs left on the battlefield turned around and retreated, the sound of the Charge sounded on the battlefield.
More than a hundred Eighth Route Army soldiers, new recruits and veteran soldiers, all rushed out with light machine guns and rifles in hand.
The riflemen were fine. They all rushed forward with all their strength and rarely stopped to shoot.
But the machine gunner was different. The crooked gun in his arms would shoot a string of bullets into the enemy's back whenever he got the chance.
The Japs in front were retreating crazily, and some of them fell to the ground and died.
"Bageya Road, how dare the Eighth Route Army come out. Let the Fourth Squadron rush up, pick up the retreating troops, and launch a counterattack against the Eighth Route Army. Even if the Imperial Army of Japan does not have sophisticated equipment, it is not something they can bully if they want.
You can be bullied." When Major Qiu Shui saw that the heroic imperial army was being chased and beaten by the Eighth Route Army, with no room to fight back, one can imagine the grievance in his stomach, and he immediately ordered with thoughts of revenge.
The Japanese troops who dispersed to avoid artillery fire quickly began to gather.
But as soon as they rushed onto the road, the scream of artillery shells streaking across the sky reached their ears, followed by six explosions among them.
"Baga, it's an artillery attack. The Eighth Route Army's artillery fire is covering it. Everyone, please disperse and move away from the road!" the squadron leader who led the team shouted loudly.
Then he ran to Major Qiu Shui and reported helplessly: "Captain, the artillery fire of the Eighth Route Army is too fierce. The artillery shells will fall down as long as the troops are concentrated. A dozen warriors of the Fourth Squadron were killed before they even started attacking. According to this
With the loss of speed, the Fourth Squadron will definitely be bombed when the retreating troops are brought back by the subordinates!"
"Are you just going to watch the retreating troops being suppressed and beaten by the Eighth Route Army, and the entire army was destroyed?" Major Qiu Shui asked, staring at the squadron leader.
The squadron leader quickly explained: "Captain, that's not what I mean, I just feel that the gain is not worth the loss. The equipment of the Eighth Route Army opposite is so good that it is impossible for a small army to have it! I suspect that we have been deceived by the Eighth Route Army again.
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"The gain outweighs the loss!" After hearing these four words, Major Qiu Shui shut up immediately.
As a commander, he knows the chill of this sentence better than anyone else.
If the gains really outweigh the losses, he would give up the retreating troops being chased and beaten by the Eighth Route Army without his subordinates reminding him.
I was just blinded by anger and didn't think of this. Now that I thought about it seriously, I realized that it was really the case, and I gave up the idea of risking the retreating troops.
Not only that, another explanation from the squadron leader also gave me a reminder.
The battle last night was all about the Imperial Army being led by the Eighth Route Army and being beaten passively at every turn.
Who can guarantee whether the current battle is also a conspiracy of the Eighth Route Army?
If it weren't for a conspiracy, how could a small unit of the Independent Regiment have so many weapons, more than an infantry brigade of its own?
To take a step back, even if it is not a conspiracy, as the captain, I have to consider whether it is worthwhile to continue fighting against the Eighth Route Army and annihilate them completely when the opponent has so many weapons.
Major Qiu Shui reacted immediately, and then ordered as his subordinates looked at him in confusion: "Retreat, the whole army retreats, and first withdraws from the range of the Eighth Route Army's infantry artillery!"
"Also, immediately use the radio to report the situation here to the brigade headquarters to confirm how many Eighth Route Army troops are in the Shangjie stronghold and whether the information they provide is accurate!"
"If the headquarters requires our troops to continue the attack and I request artillery support, the headquarters must send a mountain artillery squadron to support me, at least two mountain artillery squads, otherwise I will not be able to control the casualties of the troops during the battle!"
Two infantry squadrons of Japanese attacking troops, but only one infantry squad successfully retreated.
Dozens of Japanese soldiers with lingering expressions of fear on their faces received orders to continue retreating before they had time to take a breath.
More than 700 Japanese troops, all in small groups, quickly retreated back along the wastelands and fertile fields on both sides of the road.
Artillery company commander Zhang Bing rarely encountered an opportunity to overwhelm the enemy.
He was both excited and excited. Although he didn't know why the Japanese chose to retreat at this time, he still understood the principle of beating up a drowned dog.
Therefore, as soon as the Japanese troops withdrew, he ordered: "All artillery can fire freely. Wherever the Japanese have more shells, shoot them!"
Along the one-kilometer-long retreat, artillery shells continued to hit and explode, taking one or two lives.
After finally withdrawing from the range of the infantry artillery, more than fifty of his subordinates fell dead on the way back.
At this time, the brigade headquarters, which received Major Qiu Shui's telegram, was having a very fierce dispute.
The chief of staff of the brigade was very sure that the Eighth Route Army attacking the Shangjie stronghold was a small force of the Independent Regiment.
Even if the Independent Regiment is a reinforced regiment of the Eighth Route Army, its strength is still considerable.
In addition to the Eighth Route Army attacking Laiyuan City and blocking Qiu Shui's brigade outside the city, a main battalion was held at the stronghold on the street.
The Eighth Route Army also needs manpower to transfer Colonel Aoki out of the street stronghold, and it cannot be too few, otherwise Aoki will not be fooled.
After all the calculations, it would be great to have one main force of the Eighth Route Army on the streets.
But now it seems that the Eighth Route Army alone has more than one main force company on the battlefield, and even more than one main force battalion!
Several staff officers believed that the imperial army had been deceived again. After all, what Major Qiu Shui sent was true and he had witnessed it with his own eyes on the battlefield.
Yamamoto, the director of the intelligence department, stood nearby with his head lowered and said nothing.
The wrong information he provided tonight has already destroyed the brigade. Although there is still a lot of information in hand, no one can guarantee that the information is true. As a result, all Yamamoto can do is lower his head and say nothing.
, after the battle is over, further strengthen the construction of your own intelligence network!
At this moment, Yamamoto was spotted by Ono.
It can be said that Ono is now full of dissatisfaction and anger towards Yamamoto. But because the battle is not over yet, he can only hold it in his stomach for the time being.
However, some expressions still betrayed his inner thoughts.
As soon as he saw Yamamoto, Ono's brows frowned subconsciously!
