Seeing that Xiong Changhe was silent, but his face showed a heartfelt expression of heartache and regret. Wang Ping knew that he had tried his best to make the battle end like this.
After taking a deep breath, he ordered: "Your first company will go down to rest first, and the second company will attack next. The attack method is the same as before. First shorten the attack distance through civil work, then use grenades to greet the Japanese, and finally launch an assault. Now it's
One o'clock in the morning. Try to end the battle at three o'clock in the morning!"
Xiao Yunshan's face showed a hint of excitement, and then he subconsciously prepared to arrange the troops.
"Captain, urgent information..." But at this moment, a cry of surprise suddenly sounded from behind.
The scout who had been assigned to monitor the Japanese encirclement and suppression troops at the edge of the mountain rushed over panting.
After seeing himself, the scout breathed a sigh of relief: "Commander, the Japanese have withdrawn!"
"At least one infantry brigade of Japanese soldiers and one regiment of puppet troops are coming towards us. They are marching very fast. They must be heading towards us. They can reach here in an hour at most!"
"There's only one hour left, why are you reporting now?" Wang Ping's brows suddenly furrowed into a big "Sichuan" sign, and he asked with a dissatisfied look on his face.
The scout replied with an aggrieved look: "Without a radio, I didn't know you were here, Commander. I first went to the temporary station and asked Company Commander Wang to find out where you were, and then I rushed over quickly. I was the one who killed the Japanese."
We met them on the way, but because I had a war horse, I rushed here before them!"
Seeing that the scout's face was flushed red from being on the road continuously, and his military uniform was soaked with sweat in the cold night. Wang Ping knew that what he said was true, and no matter how dissatisfied he was, he could only hold it back.
"Go down and rest first. Find a puppet army uniform and change out of your wet clothes. Don't catch a cold!"
As soon as the scouts left, Xiong Changhe asked: "Commander, the Japs are attacking with heavy troops. They must want to surround us here and annihilate us!"
Wang Ping nodded and affirmed: "Matsumoto is indeed an excellent commander. The encirclement and suppression troops retreated as soon as they were told, and they came directly towards us. If I hadn't arranged the reconnaissance troops on the edge of the mountain in advance, he would have definitely been caught off guard.
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"Captain Xiao, the Japanese can't fight anymore. We must retreat immediately. There are too many Japanese and puppet troops coming to kill us. If we stay here for another half hour, we won't be able to leave!"
Seeing the flash of disappointment on Xiao Yunshan's face, Wang Ping added immediately: "But don't worry too much, there is still a battle to be fought tonight!"
"The First Company has suffered too much loss, and there are more than a hundred prisoners to be escorted. In order to prevent the Japanese from finding our temporary base, the Second Company will have to fight several tough battles to lead the Japanese away from our temporary base!"
Lieutenant Colonel Noda, captain of the Japanese 3rd Infantry Battalion, has been on the road with his troops from morning until now, and rested on the edge of a mountain for two hours when it got dark.
As the captain of the battalion, Lieutenant Colonel Noda owned a traveling war horse, but even so, after nearly twenty hours, Major Fujino felt physically and mentally exhausted and without any energy. Sometimes while marching and walking on the war horse, his two hands kept fighting.
My eyelids were raised.
This is true for himself, not to mention the subordinates who are marching on two legs around him.
Many soldiers lost their intuition because of the continuous rush and just moved forward mechanically.
Suddenly, a report woke up Noda who was resting on horseback.
Opening his eyes, the leader of the forward team stood in front of him, looking anxious.
"Sir, the new group that attacked the stronghold has escaped. I have sent people to follow them. Do you want the main force to follow them immediately and hunt them down?"
Lieutenant Colonel Noda's brows suddenly furrowed, and he shouted with dissatisfaction: "He ran away again. These bullies are really difficult to deal with, their noses are so sharp!"
"Captain, do you want to catch up immediately?" the adjutant reminded immediately.
"Chase, we must chase! We finally caught them, and we must not let them escape again!" Lieutenant Colonel Noda made a decisive decision.
But when he saw the exhausted subordinates around him, his decisive face slowly turned to hesitation.
But in the end, he gave the order harshly: "Pick out a squadron of soldiers who can't walk and stay at the stronghold to rest. The Imperial Alliance Army also left a battalion, and the others continued to pursue with me. Except for weapons and ammunition, all other equipment was thrown away to reduce the burden!
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After losing more than ten kilograms of equipment, the troops marched significantly faster.
However, the troops had been chasing for less than half an hour when a burst of gunfire reached Noda Nakasa's ears.
The gunshots came and ended very quickly, less than a minute before and after.
However, the gunfire was very dense. Noda was sure that the three forward teams could not produce such dense gunfire even if they fired together.
Therefore, Noda Nakasa's heart skipped a beat, and he had a very bad premonition.
"Something must have happened to the forward team. Speed up, catch up, and reinforce the forward team! Lieutenant Colonel Noda made a decisive decision.
The leader had just rushed forward less than a hundred meters when a sergeant who was still bleeding from his shoulder was brought over: "Sir, the main force of the new regiment, we were ambushed by the main force of the new regiment, the forward team is finished!"
"They were equipped with a lot of machine guns, at least a dozen of light and heavy machine guns combined. They suddenly attacked us with so much firepower that almost all of us were dead before we had time to fight back!"
"We must have been chasing too close, and they were scared!" Lieutenant Colonel Noda made a judgment with a stern face.
"With more than a dozen light and heavy machine guns, they are definitely the main force of the new regiment. From now on, we don't want to go forward. The whole army will huddle together and stick behind them to pursue. As long as they have the courage to counterattack, we will surround them and kill them.
them!"
Because they did not capture the stronghold, the new regiment did not gain much tonight. After the limited captures and wounded were distributed to more than a hundred prisoners, they could be easily carried away by just carrying them on their backs.
In this case, the new regiment will have much less road requirements when retreating.
Just when he ambushed the Japanese forward troops, Xiong Changhe had already led the first company and all the prisoners off the road and retreated to the temporary stronghold via small roads.
As for Wang Ping and the Second Company, after the ambush battle was over, they continued on the main road and led the Japanese to retreat away from the temporary base.
"Captain, the Japanese are catching up with us again. They are only more than 500 meters away from us. No forwards or reconnaissance troops were sent. More than a thousand people gathered in a group to chase us!" Xiao Yunshan, who directly commanded the ambush, caught up with Wang Ping and reported,
There was no trace of the smile on his face after he had ambushed and killed more than thirty Japs.
"The little devils are also shocked. If you want to take advantage of them, it will definitely be harder than reaching the sky!" Wang Ping sighed and sighed.
Then he frowned and ordered: "The troops must march faster!"
"We are too close to the Japanese. They can rush over and surround us with a single charge. They must at least close the distance to one kilometer!"
Xiao Yunshan did not immediately carry out the order, but replied with a puzzled look on his face: "Captain, it seems not necessary!"
"The Japanese and puppet troops behind us seem to have lost their physical strength and cannot pursue us any faster. Moreover, I just watched them for less than ten minutes and saw several puppet troops falling behind!"
Wang Ping was stunned for a moment, and then a thoughtful expression appeared on his face.
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