Although the Japs all wear the uniforms of the Imperial Association Army, there are some characteristics of the Japs.
Bow-legged, short, and very good with a bayonet... a series of characteristics that Zeng Quan could still recognize at a glance.
The two companies they brought have good combat effectiveness, but they rely largely on strong firepower. As for the unit's individual combat capabilities, the marksmanship is a little better. That is because they have met a good regiment leader who is willing to give them
Bullets for training.
But assassination ability cannot be trained in a short period of time.
But the Japs are different. The new recruits who have just been added to the army have been trained for at least a year, and they are definitely not comparable to those of independent regiments.
Therefore, although there were only about a hundred Japanese troops on the road and nearly three hundred of our own, the troops did not gain even the slightest advantage in the fight against the Japanese.
Three warriors fought against one Japanese soldier, but they still couldn't get any advantage.
On the battlefield, almost for every Japanese soldier who fell, at least one soldier fell down to pay for his life.
"You can't fight the Japanese so hard with your life. Guards line up and kill these Japanese with pistols. Quick!" Zeng Quan ordered with a gloomy face.
As soon as the guard platoon left, a cavalryman rushed over.
"The enemy, Chief of Staff, there are enemies charging here. There are at least 400 of them, and it will take at most five minutes to reach the battlefield." The cavalryman panted and reported as soon as he jumped off his horse.
"The devil has such a big appetite!" Zeng Quan's face became even more gloomy.
"More than a hundred people held us back with hand-to-hand combat, and the main force followed closely behind to surround us. They attacked us from both inside and outside and annihilated us all. What a plan!"
After the scolding, Zeng Quan, with a gloomy face, made a decisive decision even though he was unwilling to do so: "We can't fight anymore. We can't take any advantage of the Japanese in close-quarters fighting!"
"Commander, blow the trumpet, retreat immediately, break away from contact with the Japanese, and withdraw from the battlefield immediately!"
"Catch up with the guard platoon and let the guard platoon cover us. If we delay any longer, we will all die here!"
After the order was issued, Zeng Quan breathed a sigh of relief, then grabbed a communications soldier next to him and continued to order.
"Correspondent, find the regiment commander immediately and inform him to withdraw the troops immediately. Something is not right about the battle tonight. The Japanese have a conspiracy. Go immediately!"
If you suddenly withdraw from the battlefield when the melee is in full swing, the independent regiment will definitely be chased and beaten by the independent regiment during the retreat, and it will pay a heavy price.
However, compared with the arrival of the Japanese follow-up troops and the complete annihilation of two companies, this kind of loss was still acceptable.
After the retreat trumpet sounded on the battlefield, the soldiers who were concentrating on the confrontation with the Japanese were obviously stunned. They didn't understand why their superiors issued the retreat order at this time, which was obviously a taboo for military strategists.
The Japanese did not miss this opportunity and stabbed dozens of Eighth Route Army soldiers to death with bayonets in a few seconds.
The company and platoon commanders scattered in the middle of the team wanted to take revenge, but military orders were military orders. In the end, they could only grit their teeth and order: "Retreat, alternate cover, retreat immediately!"
Although the Japanese also discovered that the Eighth Route Army wanted to escape, as the masterminds of the entire conspiracy, they certainly did not want to watch the fat meat that had been fed to their mouths slip away.
Several squad leaders shouted directly: "Baga, the enemy is trying to escape, hold them back, reinforcements are coming."
"Retreat quickly, take alternate cover, separate from the Japanese, and retreat immediately!" the Eighth Route Army company platoon leader on the battlefield followed the order.
One party wanted to retreat, and the other did not want the other party to retreat. In the process of conflict, the independent regiment lost many people.
In the end, relying on the large number of people, we were separated from the Japanese.
"Shoot, kill them with bullets!" The Japanese officer immediately changed his order!
The last soldiers of the two companies kept falling down on the retreat road and died.
Just as the Japanese soldiers, who were feeling more and more pain, began to fire, chasing the two companies and firing, the guard platoon rushed over.
"Machine gun cover, stop the Japs chasing troops, fire immediately!" the guard platoon leader ordered with an anxious look, then raised his pistol and fired. The pistol in burst state was directly used by him as a submachine gun. In just a few seconds,
All twenty bullets flew towards the Japanese.
Three light machine guns, a dozen pistols, and a dozen rifles were fired together, and the whizzing bullets stopped the Japanese pursuing troops at once.
In front of the enemy headquarters of the Independent Regiment, Zeng Quan sent the communications troops as soon as they rushed in and reported breathlessly: "Regiment Commander, Political Commissar, something happened up front."
"The chief of staff asked me to report: The Japanese have a conspiracy, and the troops must withdraw from the battlefield immediately. The sooner the better!"
Wang Ping felt something was wrong from the very beginning of tonight's battle.
Last night, the Japanese army lost more than a thousand people due to their mistakes. No officer with any sense would make the same mistake on the same issue.
And the Japanese commander of the transit station, Colonel Kato, was obviously not a fool.
Not only is he not stupid, but he is also very smart. It is obviously impossible for such a wise opponent to make such a low-level mistake.
Since it was impossible to make mistakes, the smooth start of the battle could only be a conspiracy of the Eighth Route Army.
However, because there was no concrete evidence and the battle was going so smoothly, Wang Ping could not issue a retreat order, which would dampen the troops' enthusiasm for fighting.
Now after hearing the report from the Chief of Staff, Wang Ping, who already felt something was wrong, no longer hesitated and ordered directly: "Retreat, notify all battalions and companies to retreat immediately!"
"The cavalry company and reconnaissance platoon will immediately investigate the entire combat area, report any situation immediately, and notify the nearest troops."
"In addition, all battalions and companies are informed that they do not need to report encounters with the enemy. They can choose whether to fight or withdraw, but they must not engage in a head-on fight with the enemy!"
Wang Ping's retreat order was timely, but the other two reinforcements retreated too late.
After finally defeating the Japanese army, half of the strength of each of the two companies was lost.
At the independent regiment headquarters, looking at the three battalion commanders with their heads lowered and saying nothing, Wang Ping punched the table in front of him and then cursed loudly.
"How are you commanding? Didn't I give you an order to retreat? Why are the troop losses still so high! I'm going to withdraw you!"
"You didn't say anything, maybe you were wronged or something. Zhang Yunshan, didn't my order say that you can make smart decisions when encountering the enemy, but you can't fight head-on? How did you command the troops? For the sake of dozens of Japs, dozens of them were sacrificed.
The life of a soldier depends on your clever decision!"
"Also, who told you that you don't need to send out reconnaissance troops to ambush the Japs? If you expand the scope of the reconnaissance, the main Japs troops won't be able to detect them even if they get close!"
Seeing that the regiment leader became more and more angry as he cursed, Cheng Xiao quickly comforted him: "Commander, victory or defeat is a common thing for military officers. Besides, they have also eliminated many Japanese."
Zeng Quan quickly added: "Captain, they are responsible, but they are not entirely to blame. The Japanese are too cunning. If the two companies under my command had not had a larger scope of investigation, the losses would have definitely reached one company. In fact,