Chapter 248 The head of the Devil's Brigade is even more heartbroken
After receiving the news, the squadron leader's first reaction was that it was over.
The shells that kept falling were like a reaper of death, constantly harvesting the lives of the remaining warriors.
More importantly, facing the violent explosion like thunder, the morale of the subordinates around him was getting lower little by little.
"Immediately shrink the troops and move to defense. The Eighth Route Army has artillery and heavy machine guns. There is no difference between continuing the attack and risking death!" The squadron leader gave the order to retreat very decisively.
However, as soon as they retreated a little, the guards blocking them moved forward a little.
More importantly, the mortars controlled by Wang Ping himself kept firing at them.
A reinforced squadron lost nearly half of its troops within five minutes of the exchange of fire.
"Captain, we must find a way to break out. These Eighth Route Army troops have no intention of launching an attack. They must be a small group of Eighth Route Army troops. They are responsible for blocking us, and then wait for reinforcements to arrive before attacking and annihilating us." A team leader frowned and reminded.
Another squad leader added: "It's best to break out now. After the Eighth Route Army reinforcements arrive, we won't be able to leave even if we want to break out!"
The squadron leader nodded seriously and then answered heartily.
"Fight hard and destroy Zhang Bing with the entire squadron. At least someone will be able to break out!"
"Captain, have you thought of a way to break out of the encirclement?" the two team captains asked with gleaming eyes.
At the critical moment of life and death, the squadron leader did not hesitate and began to issue orders directly.
"Break out from the woods on both sides. Although the woods are full of risks, there are many of us and there are few Eighth Route Army soldiers blocking us. There must be many warriors who can break out from the woods! We all spread out, each with a small team.
Ignore the Eighth Route Army's sneak attack and return to your base as quickly as possible!"
Not a single move of the Japanese escaped the eyes of the guard company.
"Captain, the Japs have gotten into the woods. They must be trying to break out of the woods!" the third platoon leader guarding Wang Ping immediately reminded.
To him, the more than a hundred Japanese who were blocked on the mountain road were already a piece of fat that they had bitten into their mouths, and he could not let this piece of fat slip away from his mouth no matter what.
Wang Ping's brows furrowed immediately: "The Japanese commander is very smart. He knows that our troops are insufficient and disperses from the forest to break out. There must be troops that we don't care about that can successfully break through and go back!"
"It is no longer possible to annihilate them all. Now we can kill as many people as we can!"
"The troops are united as squads and pursue immediately!"
"But be careful and stay vigilant. This group of devils is frightened. Don't be bitten by them at the last minute!"
When Zhang Yunshan led his team to the battlefield in a hurry, the battle was already over.
Many people in the guard company were injured in the chase, but most of them came back alive.
More importantly, each of the soldiers who came back alive carried at least two rifles on their backs, and many soldiers answered with Type 96 light machine guns.
Not long after, the guard company commander Zhong Yusheng ran over, with a very complicated expression on his face.
"Commander, more than 250 Japs, except for more than 80 who escaped, the rest were wiped out. A total of three mortars, three heavy machine guns, two grenades, and new machine guns equipped by the Japs were seized.
5 rounds, a lot of ammunition, just!”
"There's nothing you dare to report. If you have anything to say, just say it!" Wang Ping interrupted directly.
"The casualties, the casualties of the guard company are a bit high. There were more than 80 soldiers in the two platoons, but now there are less than 30 soldiers. At least 40 of them died!" Zhong Yusheng reported with a heartbroken look on his face.
Wang Ping shook his head and replied: "Don't forget, you are facing well-equipped elite Japs, not the Imperial Alliance Army. Even if there are nearly half of the Japs' technical troops inside, the casualty ratio can be one to two, which is already very good!"
After saying this, Wang Ping ordered Zhang Yunshan: "Battle Commander Zhang, assist the guard company in cleaning the battlefield and prepare to retreat!"
"What about the third line of defense! Hundreds of our soldiers paid for it with their lives!" Zhang Yunshan immediately asked.
"There are no machine gun bunkers. The Japanese have planes and cannons. With our small number of troops, do you think we can hold the third line of defense?" Wang Ping asked angrily.
Zhang Yunshan lowered his head and replied: "We can't hold on! But, after all, we have worked so hard to get this back. It would be a pity to give up like this!"
"Let the engineers lay some mines on the position, don't say anything else, execute the order immediately and retreat!" Wang Ping ordered very decisively.
Then he did not forget to comfort him: "I know that the troops suffered heavy losses tonight. As a commander, everyone is very heartbroken. We can't wait to rush directly to the Japanese camp with guns to avenge the sacrificed soldiers."
"But don't forget, we killed almost twice as many Japs today."
"If we talk about heartache, the leader of the Japanese Brigade at Two Kilometers is more heartbroken than us!"
As soon as Wang Ping withdrew, Chief of Staff Zeng Quan also received the order to retreat.
Major General Ono, the commander of the Japanese brigade, finally relaxed after being tense for several hours. Because he finally no longer had to worry about his own safety.
However, Ono's frown did not relax. He stared at the chief of staff and asked: "The gunfire on the front line has stopped. Have the several infantry squadrons we deployed on the front line withdrawn safely?"
"General, the military camp is in too much chaos, and there is no news yet, so I will go and ask questions right now!" The chief of staff was also very nervous and answered quickly.
Before the front foot could move, a second lieutenant burst in with a face filled with smoke.
"It's over, General, our troops deployed on the front line are finished, and even the corresponding troops have suffered heavy losses!"
"Nani, it's impossible. You must be lying about the military situation. There are more than 600 imperial troops on the front line, and there is also a battalion of the Imperial Alliance Army. The Eighth Route Army that attacked them didn't even use infantry artillery and mortars. There are so many imperial troops.
How could the entire army be wiped out so quickly!" Before Ono could speak, the chief of staff had already rushed to ask.
"My humble position is the captain of the first squad of the fourth squadron of the third brigade. It was our squadron leader who led people to respond. He definitely did not lie about the military situation. Our squadron leader was also shattered. I was the only one of the three squad captains to break out!"
Answer quickly.
"Baga! How could this happen, Chief of Staff, I need your explanation!" In addition to the loss of the military camp, nearly a thousand imperial troops were lost in one night. Ono could no longer hold back the anger in his heart, staring at the Chief of Staff and asking
.
"I don't know about my humble position!" the chief of staff replied with his head lowered.
Then he stared at the lieutenant team leader in front of him and asked: "Bageya Road, please report quickly, what is going on on the front line!"
"We don't know how the frontline troops were wiped out by the Eighth Route Army, but our supporting troops were blocked by the Eighth Route Army on the way back. We fought desperately to break through and then retreated back with eighty-three warriors! The other warriors are all broken. General, please avenge them!"
"Check, find out immediately!" Ono stared at the chief of staff and asked, wishing he could kill the chief of staff with his eyes!
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