"Captain, without the support of the Imperial Army, the troops cannot withdraw at all. What should we do next?" The squad captains did not care how angry the squadron leader was. The tragic situation in the village had spread. Although they were not afraid of death, they were afraid.
There is no complete corpse. Therefore, when I heard that the Imperial Alliance Army could not be counted on, I chased the squadron leader for other solutions!
"Baga, there are no troops and no artillery, what can I do!" The squadron leader also lost his temper and cursed loudly.
But he soon calmed down, because he didn't want to die here.
"Retreat is certain, but we must leave troops to block the attack. You make your own arrangements and take away as many people as you can. We will retreat towards Huangtuling. We must seize the time. Once Tubal Road surrounds us, we want to retreat.
I can’t even leave!”
In the end, an infantry squadron withdrew only half of its squadron, and then under the command of the squadron leader, it bypassed the village and moved in the direction of Huangtu Ridge.
What the squadron leader didn't know was that on his only way to Huangtu Ridge, the Cavalry Company of the Independent Regiment had already sharpened its sabers and was waiting for them.
Little did he know that Huangtu Ridge was also engulfed in a sea of fire at this moment.
When the engineer company instructor pressed the detonator in Hongqiao Village, company commander Xu Ke also pressed the detonator in Huangtuling.
Then, a large fireball erupted from the threshing floor in the middle of the village, and a violent explosion spread quickly like thunder.
The explosion was an order. The twelve mountain field guns and a total of eighteen mortars equipped by the independent regiment's firepower battalion fired at the same time, firing shells at the Huangtu Ridge that suddenly became chaotic.
Three main battalions, with companies as units, suddenly emerged from their hiding spots, densely packed, sweeping towards Huangtu Ridge like waves, compressing the space for Japanese and puppet troops to move in Huangtu Ridge.
As soon as the heavy machine guns and light machine guns accompanying the attack team encountered the firepower of the Japanese and puppet troops, they would immediately stop and stare at the opponent until the opponent completely misfired before continuing to move forward.
The Japanese commander who attacked along the way happened to be Kato Colonel, the old rival of the Independence Regiment.
Because the Independent Regiment had suffered losses at his hands when attacking the Qinggu Transit Station, this attack was particularly fierce.
All attacking forces took advantage of the chaos of the Japanese and puppet troops to push forward as much as possible to shorten the attack distance of the general attack.
As soon as the explosion shook the ground on the threshing floor, Kato Colonel, who was sleeping soundly, was awakened, and then sat up from the bed with a sudden sound.
"Guard, what happened outside? Where did the explosion come from!"
As soon as he finished speaking, the orderly and several staff officers rushed in.
"Sir, there was a sudden explosion in the threshing floor where the artillery was stationed. The cause is unknown!" a staff officer reported nervously.
"Woooooo..." As soon as they finished speaking, the scream of cannonballs streaking across the sky reached their ears.
Colonel Kato's guards were all veterans, and they would at least be sergeants in the field army. His expression changed, and he held Colonel Kato, who had not yet put on his military uniform, and fired outside.
"It's a shelling, a large-scale shelling. Protect the commander and move quickly. It's not safe here!"
As soon as more than a dozen people rushed to the door, violent explosions sounded around them, and one of the artillery shells directly hit the yard and exploded less than 20 meters away from them.
Colonel Kato saw with his own eyes that two imperial soldiers were thrown into the sky in the explosion, and then torn into several pieces in the air. Then they fell everywhere like goddesses scattering flowers, leaving no bones left!
"Baga, where is our artillery? Why haven't you launched a counterattack! The troops are concentrated in the village. A single round of artillery fire will lose hundreds of people. How many of our troops can withstand such losses? Contact the artillery brigade and we will contact you within half a minute.
We must counterattack and knock out the enemy's artillery!" Colonel Kato's face sank and he began to give orders.
The staff officer on the side quickly reminded: "Sir, the explosion just now came from the artillery brigade station. The artillery brigade must have suffered heavy losses in the explosion. I will contact them immediately and ask them to fight back at all costs."
Just as he was about to leave, a lieutenant rushed in covered in blood. As soon as he saw Colonel Kato, he shouted in despair: "It's over, sir, the artillery is over!"
"What's over, please tell me clearly!" Before Kato could speak, a lieutenant had already grabbed him by the collar and asked.
"It's the artillery!" the lieutenant officer finally regained his composure and replied quickly.
"The humble post is stationed next to the artillery station. The enemy buried a large amount of gunpowder at the artillery station. Just now, the gunpowder exploded. The entire station was affected, and all personnel were lost. Our infantry stationed near the artillery station were all killed and wounded.
many people!"
Kato Colonel reacted immediately, and his gloomy face turned pale.
At this moment, another officer rushed over.
"Sir, the Eighth Route Army, a lot of Eighth Route Army suddenly appeared outside the village. They are fighting towards the village. The peripheral patrol troops are resisting. But the Eighth Route Army's offensive is too strong, the firepower is fierce, and the peripheral troops have suffered heavy casualties. They will definitely not be able to hold on for too long.
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By this time, Colonel Kato had completely understood.
The paleness on his face was slowly replaced by calmness, and he began to give orders: "The Independent Regiment of the Eighth Route Army must want to eat us. After enduring it for so long, we finally couldn't help it anymore. But I didn't expect that they would be so cunning.
, eat up my artillery brigade as soon as it comes up!"
"But without artillery, the imperial army can still fight and defeat them!"
"Order the Fifth Regiment of the Imperial Association Army to immediately enter the position and block the Eighth Route Army's attack."
"Other troops immediately gathered to build fortifications behind the temporary defense line to block the Eighth Route Army's more violent attack."
"Operator, contact your Excellency the General immediately. We are under heavy siege by the independent regiment in Huangtuling. The artillery brigade has been completely destroyed and we are in urgent need of reinforcements!"
With the order of Kato Colonel, the chaotic situation in the village instantly improved a lot.
Pairs of Japanese soldiers began to rush out of the room where they were resting, carrying weapons and rushing out of the village.
The Imperial Alliance Army was a bit more chaotic, and no matter how many threats the officers made, they could not stop this chaotic situation.
In the end, several groups of Japanese soldiers rushed over and stabbed a few of them to death with bayonets before stopping the chaos. Then, under the threat of Japanese machine guns, they entered the position with rifles in hand.
"Brothers, shoot and stop the Eighth Route Army's attack, or we will all die!" the officers scattered among the Imperial Alliance Army shouted loudly as they fired.
"The Japs are watching behind us. Unless we repel the Eighth Route Army's attack, we will all die here. Shoot and concentrate your firepower to stop them!"
"Heavy machine gunner, shoot!"
"Artillery, fire immediately to knock out the Eighth Route Army's heavy machine gun firepower!"
"Go to the back and tell the Imperial Army and ask them to help knock out the Eighth Route Army's firepower points with grenades. The Eighth Route Army's offensive firepower is so fierce that we can hardly withstand it!"
More and more Imperial Army troops joined the battle, and the independent regiment's attack was finally blocked.
In order to avoid unnecessary sacrifices, Wang Ping, who visited the scene in person, decisively ordered the troops to stop and stabilize the defense line on the spot.
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