The third infantry team plus a heavy machine gun team have a total strength of more than 80 people.
After passing through rounds of grenades from the guard company, not even thirty people were able to retreat alive.
Including the remaining baggage troops and guard troops around Aoki, the total strength was less than 60 people.
More importantly, half of these people are technical troops without much combat effectiveness.
Although they brought back two heavy machine guns, three grenade launchers, and a crooked handle, if they were used for defense, they would definitely have more than enough firepower. But there was no need to think about offense. Without combat troops, no matter how powerful the firepower was,
It is impossible to destroy the enemy.
The moment he saw the retreating troops, Aoki became desperate and gave up on the idea of taking down the Eighth Route Army's First Army Division Headquarters on his own.
But at this moment, Tubalu, who had always been looked down upon by him and was being chased and beaten by him, actually chased the retreating troops and beat them from behind.
Because the two heavy machine guns were still on the retreat, it was impossible to provide fire cover for the retreating troops. Dozens of Tubal soldiers chasing and killing their own men could simply be described as unscrupulous.
"Bagya Road, when did the Imperial Japanese Army not fall to this point? They were chased and beaten by Tubal Road! No, I have to fight back, I will fight back immediately, and teach them a lesson!" Aoki seemed to be angry.
Lion, cursed loudly!
The deputy captain next to him still had some sense and quickly reminded: "Captain, calm down. We don't have enough troops. Even if we want to fight back, there is no one! Tubal Road must want to annihilate us here. We can't be the first in the alliance to be attacked."
Tubal Road will destroy all the organic squadrons, otherwise! We will definitely become the laughing stock of the imperial army!"
For soldiers! The honor of a soldier is above all else, and Captain Aoki is no exception. Otherwise, he would not have gone deep alone with an infantry squadron, hoping to win the victory of annihilating the Eighth Route Army's First Army Division Headquarters alone!
Therefore, as soon as the vice-captain finished speaking, he hesitated!
Then he shouted an order: "Retreat, order the troops to continue to retreat. The terrain here is not suitable for defense. We cannot be completely wiped out by Tubal Road here!"
"There is a small high ground on the road 600 meters away from here. It is a good place to stand and wait for reinforcements. Let the troops retreat there to defend. Wait until the reinforcements sent by the wing captain arrive before launching an attack and destroying their headquarters!"
"Captain, you are wise!" the vice-captain said with a sigh of relief.
Once the Japanese troops retreated, the weapons and ammunition they left on the battlefield belonged to the guard company.
In addition, the guard company had not eliminated the remaining Japanese soldiers in a short period of time. Zeng Quan had just chased him less than 300 meters before he was called back by Wang Ping.
Then, while having people clean the battlefield, the position was strengthened.
At this time, the main force of the First Army Division's ambush battle against the Japanese encirclement and suppression troops had begun! Because Wang Ping appeared out of nowhere and brought back a lot of weapons and ammunition for the First Division, which was short of guns and ammunition! The whole ambush battle went very smoothly.
In less than two hours, more than 300 Japanese were wiped out!
In order to rescue this strengthened squadron! The Japanese from the three nearby squadrons tried their best to reinforce, fighting with the first division's reinforcement troops, and they were unable to reinforce Captain Aoki.
After the ambush battle personally commanded by Yang Chengwu ended, the main forces of the First Army Division began to withdraw from the battlefield one after another. Captain Aoki, who was waiting for reinforcements, still did not receive any reinforcements.
As soon as the main force retreats, there is no need for the guard company to hold on any longer, and they disappear into the battlefield together!
At this time, the expression on Zeng Quan's face can already be described as excited!
Because the troops captured a large amount of weapons and equipment. Although many weapons were destroyed in the grenade rain, the ones that were intact were enough for the guard company to expand by another platoon, and the firepower was increased by 30%, or even 50%!
Zeng Quan, who was very happy and ran to Wang Ping, immediately reported: "Company Commander, the results of the battle have been calculated!"
"The Japs dropped a total of 78 corpses in front of our position, including a second lieutenant and a squadron and a half of Japs! We lost 39 of our own, 27 of whom were killed. The Japs' marksmanship was too accurate, or else they would have been killed by the Japs.
Just hit the head or hit the chest and retreat, or get a hole in the body. Once healed, you can return to the army!"
"39 to 78, overall, we still won!" Wang Ping said with a sigh of relief!
Because the base area was new, not many people had joined the Eighth Route Army, and the military divisions did not have that many recruits to replenish the troops. Therefore, what Wang Ping was most worried about was that the guard company would suffer too many casualties and would not be able to be replenished in a short period of time, making it impossible to restore combat effectiveness.
Now it seems that I was a little too worried. The casualties of less than forty people were still within the range I could bear.
But at this moment, Zeng Quan changed the topic and continued: "Company Commander, don't make a mistake, this is just a loss from the frontal blocking battle. We also lost a lot of people in the sneak attack on the Japanese in front, totaling more than 60 people."
, among which 46 comrades died alone, including a platoon leader and two squad leaders!"
The good mood on Wang Ping's face suddenly disappeared, and he asked with a calm face: "In other words, there are only about 60 guards who can still move. In less than a day, we have lost more than half of our troops!"
Zeng Quan quickly comforted him: "Company Commander, the losses are great, but they are not without gains."
"The more than 60 people left, plus the injured brothers, now look like veterans. Although the number of troops is reduced, the combat effectiveness of our guard company has not been reduced!"
"There are also seizures, because the Japanese retreated too fast and the weapons were all captured by us before we could take them away. The current guard company does not need to worry about weapons even if it expands the army!"
“Now, the entire company has one heavy machine gun, five boxes of bullets, three grenade launchers, 25 rounds of special grenades, five crooked-handled light machine guns, 129 38-guns, and more than 15,000 rounds of bullets.
There are also 9 pistols, bullets are not counted, and 128 grenades!”
"With these weapons and ammunition, as long as we have soldiers, we can expand the guard company into a reinforced company in a very short time!"
Wang Ping looked much better, but he still said regretfully: "There are a lot of weapons, but the ammunition is a little short. Especially the special grenades and ordinary bullets for grenades, which can withstand a high-intensity battle."
At this time, Zeng Quan despised Wang Ping very much!
"Company Commander, when did you become so wealthy? So many bullets are not enough. Do you know how many bullets the newly established Second Regiment in the military region has? There are more than a thousand people, and ordinary soldiers have five bullets per person. Only a small part of it.
Veterans and sharpshooters are only equipped with ten or twenty rounds of ammunition. Our company's ammunition has almost caught up with their regiment, and you still think it's too little?"
Seeing the excitement and pride on Zeng Quan's face, Wang Ping did not answer immediately, but fell into deep thought!
