"Kill these Japs on our first line of defense at the mountain pass!" Wang Ping said in shock.
The chief of staff asked directly with an expression of disbelief: "Commander, you are not joking, there is a high ground on the first line of defense. If the Japanese retreat to the high ground to defend, then what awaits us is a tough battle!"
"I want the Japanese to stick to the top of the mountain. The more they stick to the high ground, the easier it will be for us to destroy them!" Wang Ping continued to say in an astonishing way.
Soon, Zeng Quan reacted and shouted with surprise: "I understand, regiment commander, you want to use the tunnel of the engineer company on the high ground!"
Wang Ping nodded and affirmed: "A small group of troops reached the top of the mountain, and the center blossomed. Other troops attacked the outside and attacked them from inside and outside to kill them!"
The mountain road, which could have been completed in more than an hour, had to be repaired while progressing. More than a thousand Japanese soldiers spent nearly three hours before reaching the first line of defense of the independent regiment, which they had occupied a day ago.
Lieutenant Colonel Tanabe, the temporary commander of the artillery brigade of the Japanese army, was very happy and directly ordered: "Yoshi, we walked out of this mountain at noon. The next road will be much easier. Warriors, continue to speed up and find a way to catch up with the brigade.
Head."
"The main force of the Eighth Route Army is attacking Laiyuan City this time. The brigade commander definitely needs artillery support!"
Although the team that stretched for nearly one kilometer was very tired, they had to obey Tanabe's orders and could only insist on moving forward.
"Woooooooooo..." Suddenly, a dense scream reached their ears.
Tanabe, who was an artilleryman, could immediately tell that it was the scream of more than a dozen mortar shells flying through the sky together.
His face changed and he shouted loudly: "Baga, it's an artillery attack, there is an ambush of the Eighth Route Army here!"
"Boom, boom, boom..." Before the cry could be finished, a violent explosion exploded in the middle of the team.
More than a dozen artillery shells and more than thirty special grenade grenades, most of them hit the middle of the Japanese marching column.
"Da da da..." Before the violent explosion ended, the sound of intensive machine gun fire reached Lieutenant Colonel Tanabe's ears.
A flurry of heavy machine gun bullets flew directly towards Tianbian. If the guard hadn't thrown him to the ground with his life, Tianbian would have been sieved by the bullets.
"The main force of the Eighth Route Army, we were ambushed by the main force of the Eighth Route Army, otherwise they would not be equipped with so many artillery and light and heavy machine guns!" Lieutenant Colonel Tanabe, who had escaped the disaster and still had a frightened expression on his face, immediately made a judgment.
Then he shouted loudly: "Counterattack, the troops will counterattack immediately! Suppress the Eighth Route Army's firepower!"
However, the imperial army of more than a thousand people was too scattered, and more than half of them were still on the mountain roads in the forest.
The soldiers of the Independent Regiment who attacked them lurked in the woods next to the mountain road and shot them at close range.
As soon as the raid battle began, intensive firepower claimed a large number of Japanese lives. In many places, the Japanese were killed directly by the first round of firepower.
Even if not all of them were killed, after being attacked, many Japanese would subconsciously gather in the direction of their squadron leader or group leader, so as to huddle together and increase their chances of survival on the battlefield.
As a result, the Japanese marching team that stretched for one kilometer immediately had many firepower gaps.
The independent group that attacked them did not miss this opportunity and immediately launched an attack, with a posture of dividing and surrounding the Japanese, and then annihilating them bit by bit.
"Captain, the Eighth Route Army has begun to attack. They want to divide and surround us!" A lieutenant reminded him immediately when he saw something was wrong.
The captain of the baggage division who hurried over turned out to be an infantry squadron leader, and reminded him: "Tanabe-kun, our troops are too scattered. They can easily be divided and surrounded by the Eighth Route Army and defeated individually. They must be gathered together to hold on and take the initiative on the battlefield.
Only if we have the right, we have a chance to survive!"
Then he pointed directly at the high mountain behind him and said: "Gather the troops to the top of the mountain. There will be no problem for more than a thousand of us to hold on until dawn."
"We will have air support when daybreak to cover our breakout back to Laiyuan City."
"Just do what you said, all the troops will retreat and retreat to the top of the mountain to hold on!" Facing this situation for the first time, Tanabe was a little confused and didn't know what to do. Now that he heard a feasible method, he almost subconsciously
accepted.
"What about the artillery and baggage we protected? We definitely can't retreat with them. But as soon as we leave, these heavy weapons and ammunition will definitely fall into the hands of the Eighth Route Army!" the baggage captain continued to remind.
"If the Eighth Route Army ambushing us uses these mountains to run around, then they will definitely use these artillery pieces to bombard us!"
"Blow them all up!" Lieutenant Colonel Tanabe replied through gritted teeth.
"These heavy weapons must not fall into the hands of the Eighth Route Army, otherwise countless warriors will die under the shelling of these artillery pieces in the future!"
"Order the artillery and heavy equipment to blow up the artillery and supplies immediately, take weapons and ammunition and move to the mountains, and wait until dawn for air support to arrive before breaking out!"
"Boom..." Within a few minutes, there were several violent explosions like thunder on the mountain road, and then several fireballs mixed with a large amount of black smoke were seen rising into the sky, instantly lighting up the surrounding battlefield red.
Wang Ping, who was holding a telescope, frowned and shouted: "No, the Japanese will blow up artillery and supplies again, we must stop them!"
Then Zeng Quan shouted an order without waiting for him to speak: "Commander, blow the charge horn, all charge, drive the Japanese on the road to the mountain!"
The Japanese here have fought with the Eighth Route Army more than once or twice. They know very well what the sound of the charging horn means to the Eighth Route Army!
Because they had received an order to retreat, and just to blow up supplies and artillery, they continued on the road and exchanged fire with the independent regiment that ambushed them.
But, it's different now.
There is no position on the road, not even favorable terrain for defense.
Now that they are launching an attack, there is no way they can stop the Eighth Route Army surrounding them who are rushing towards them as if they are desperate for their lives.
As a result, many Japanese soldiers forgot about their mission of exploding artillery and retreated to the mountains behind with their weapons in hand.
Because anyone with a little military knowledge knows that it is much easier to defend from a high position on a mountain than to defend on a flat ground, and it is easier to save one's life.
More and more Japanese soldiers saw the Eighth Route Army coming and retreated toward the top of the mountain.
However, there are still many Japanese who are not afraid of death and stay on the road and continue to blow up supplies and artillery.
During the troops' charge, violent explosions sounded continuously on the highway.
And every time an explosion reaches Wang Ping's ears, Wang Ping's heart will hurt.
Because, in his eyes, what the Japanese army is blowing up now is not theirs, but their own.
After two consecutive days of bloody battles, the Independent Regiment has consumed almost all of its reserves. If it cannot be replenished in time, it will be difficult to recover in a short period of time. As the leader of the regiment, Wang Ping knows this fact better than anyone else.
Therefore, Wang Ping is bound to get the artillery, weapons and ammunition carried by the Japanese army!
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