The two squadrons entered the town. In Major Ida's opinion, there would be no problem in capturing the town and the new regiment.
As long as the two squadrons break through Shimiao Town and occupy the stronghold, the condescending firepower will definitely kill all the remaining members of the new regiment.
When the time comes, if you have accomplished what several other brigade captains have failed to do, you will definitely be favored by the brigade commander. You will be promoted to a higher rank and awarded awards for your meritorious service. You will definitely be indispensable.
At this moment, the stronghold exploded.
When Major Ida saw the flames soaring into the sky in the direction of the stronghold, he was stunned. He stared at the stronghold with his big eyes and did not react for a long time.
"Baga, what's going on? Why did the stronghold explode? Where are our offensive troops? If anything happens, contact the offensive troops immediately."
The subordinates around Major Ida had no other choice but to be anxious.
The stronghold suddenly exploded. No one knew what happened in Shimiao Town. If they entered the town rashly, they would probably die.
Just when they looked hesitant and didn't know what to do, several people rushed out from the entrance of the town, looking frightened.
One of the second lieutenants rushed directly towards Major Ida.
"Sir, it's over, the attacking force is over!"
"Tubal Road planted explosives at the stronghold. As soon as the attacking troops entered the stronghold, they detonated the explosives. Nearly two hundred imperial troops, as well as our squadron leader, were all killed!"
"There is also Tubal Road. They are too cunning and they ambush around the stronghold!"
"As soon as the stronghold exploded, they rushed out and attacked us from behind. The troops who were still alive were either killed on the spot or taken prisoner by them!"
"I escaped disaster because I was cut off from my humble position. Captain, please avenge our squadron leader!"
"How could this happen?" Major Ida asked, almost unable to believe his ears and staring at the second lieutenant.
"Nearly two hundred imperial troops who entered the town were all dead!"
"Hey! Two companies of the Imperial Association Army have also become prisoners of Tubal Road!" the second lieutenant replied quickly.
Major Ida finally reacted: "I understand, we have been fooled from the beginning!"
"The Tubal Road guarding the entrance of the town was not defeated by us at all. They retreated on their own initiative in order to allow us to enter the stronghold and then use explosives to kill our attacking troops! Bagya Road!"
"Captain, the brigade commander has an urgent call!" Suddenly, the operator rushed to Ida and reported.
"Read it!" Ida, who was in a bad mood, didn't even think about connecting the telegram. He frowned and ordered.
"The brigade leader asked us to encircle and not attack, and to request aircraft reinforcements to attack the new group after dawn. The enemy is too cunning, and we'd better use our superior firepower to kill them."
"The telegram has only been sent now, what's the use?" Major Ida replied angrily.
"Ten minutes. As long as the telegram had been sent ten minutes in advance, nearly two hundred imperial troops would not have been killed in the stronghold!"
At this time, Major Ida regretted more than anything else. If he had been more sensible, listened to the brigade commander, and not acted impulsively because of his subordinates' words, the nearly two hundred imperial troops in the town would certainly not have died.
But it's too late to say anything now.
Seeing that Ida's face was getting more and more ugly, and there were still gunshots coming from the battlefield, there must be troops still attacking, so the adjutant could only bite the bullet and remind him.
"Then...Captain, what should we do next!"
"Of course we are executing the order. How many troops do we have left now? We have already lost so many troops. The Eighth Route Army in the encirclement must not run away again, otherwise we will not be able to give an explanation to the brigade commander even if we commit seppuku!" Major Ida glared.
A pair of red eyes asked.
The adjutant immediately replied: "The two squadrons we came from have less than three infantry squads left, and all their heavy weapons have been lost!"
"There are still two infantry squads, an artillery squad, and a heavy machine gun squad in the Shimiao Town stronghold garrison!"
"There are four companies left in the Imperial Alliance Army, but only two of them are full!"
Major Ida's face immediately became heavy. After thinking for a few seconds with a frown, he immediately began to issue an order: "All troops should stop attacking."
"An infantry squad plus an infantry company from the Imperial Alliance Army defend one direction of Shimiao Town!"
"The ministries immediately built a defense line outside the town, using light and heavy machine guns as firepower to block the remnants of the new regiment in the town!"
As soon as the Japanese retreated, several platoon leaders rushed to the stronghold.
Everyone in the town heard the explosion just now, but they didn't know what happened at the stronghold. Some people thought that something happened to the group leader at the stronghold.
When they hurried to the stronghold, a scene that shocked and incredible appeared.
The regiment commander Wang Ping was standing next to the stronghold intact. The gun tower that was nearly ten meters high a few minutes ago had now turned into a pile of ruins. In the open space around the gun tower, there were more than a dozen bomb craters scattered around. Each crater
There were many corpses of Japanese soldiers lying around.
"This... Captain, how did you do it!" It was obvious at first glance that this was the masterpiece of the Captain. Xiao Yunshan, who hurried over, immediately asked.
"I found hundreds of kilograms of explosives in the warehouse and buried them all in the stronghold, and then it became like this! So, have the Japanese retreated?" Wang Ping replied with a very relaxed and indifferent expression.
It sounds simple, but it is very difficult to actually do it.
Every step of the entire plan must be calculated without any mistakes.
From planting explosives to letting the Japanese into the town, then entering the stronghold and detonating the explosives. If there was just one problem in the process, the whole plan would not be so successful, or even if it was successful, the results would not be so great.
Thinking of this, everyone looked at Wang Ping with even more admiration.
Wang Ping didn't explain to everyone. After looking at the watch on his arm, his calm face turned serious again!
"Including the losses of the Japs in the attack, we have killed and injured more than 200 Japs from three squadrons. As long as we kill dozens or hundreds more, even if we succeed in killing them, the remaining Japs will not dare to
Follow us closely and hunt us down!"
Xiong Changhe reacted immediately, stared at Wang Ping and asked: "Captain, how should we fight next?"
"I didn't have the confidence to defend here at first, but now I can kill nearly two hundred elite Japanese soldiers so easily. I am more and more confident about the coming battle!"
"Yes, Commander, just give us your orders on how we should fight next!" Xiao Yunshan added immediately.
Wang Ping did not hesitate and analyzed directly: "As expected, the Japs should have been frightened by the shocking explosion we just made. They directly turned their attack into defense. In this case, there is only one way to kill dozens more of them.
Counterattack and breakout!”
"Let's charge the first company first, and then we can attack the second company after we finish them off!" Xiong Changhe immediately called for battle.
"Why did you let the first company take all the good things? Captain, this time it's our turn to take the lead!" Xiao Yunshan shouted, unwilling to lag behind.
Wang Ping made a surprising reply: "This time none of you will take the lead, let the artillery take the lead!"
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