Chapter six hundred and fourteenth unexpected surprise
"Quickly, the protection captain retreats!" As soon as Lieutenant Colonel Noda's order was given, the adjutant shouted to the guard next to him.
A dozen Japanese soldiers surrounded Lieutenant Colonel Noda and quickly moved away from the area covered by artillery fire.
On the high ground occupied by the new regiment, although the Japanese were several hundred meters away from them on the highway, the fireballs rising from the explosions of the artillery shells were like huge torches, illuminating the battlefield as if it were daytime.
Even without a telescope, Wang Ping can have a panoramic view of the battlefield.
"The Japanese have been blown up by us and seem to be trying to escape. Each cannon fires ten rounds rapidly. Keep firing!" Wang Ping ordered decisively.
Then he stared at Xiao Yunshan, who was commanding the troops to fight against the puppet troops next to him, and continued to issue orders: "There is only one battalion of puppet troops left in front of us, Captain Xiao, counterattack at the appropriate time and try to kill them!"
Under the firepower of a total of nine heavy machine guns, the puppet army of more than 300 people stopped attacking after less than half of the company was dead, and lay on the ground like a cow.
Watching helplessly as a heavy machine gun fired bullets like water, but with no results. Xiao Yunshan could be said to be frustrated and angry.
When he heard Wang Ping's order to attack, he seemed to have found a way to vent his pent-up anger. Without a word of nonsense, he gave the order directly.
"Give me the heavy machine gun to withstand the puppet army's machine gun, while the others charge with me!"
"The machine gunners move forward, don't stop firing, and kill the puppet troops in front of us!"
The leader of the puppet army felt like crying at this time.
Originally, he volunteered to fight and attack the new regiment in order to show his merit to his master.
Unexpectedly, the firepower of the new group was so powerful, stronger than that of their masters, the Japanese.
As soon as the troops came up, the intertwined heavy machine gun bullets killed half of his company like a massacre. Then Sheng Yilun's men became afraid and refused to continue to attack no matter how he threatened them.
The regiment leader was certain that Lieutenant Colonel Noda, who was supervising the battle behind him, must have seen the scene of him commanding his immobile men on the battlefield.
Just when the regiment leader secretly swore in his heart that he would deal with the puppet troops under his command after returning, and even conduct a major change of officers in the regiment, an accident happened.
The Eighth Route Army, which he had always looked down upon, was actually equipped with mortars. More importantly, these mortars passed directly over him and fired at Noda Nakasa behind him.
In less than half a minute of shelling, the regimental commander saw that the Japanese, who usually showed off their power and arrogance, were sometimes afraid of death.
They fled for their lives like a bereaved dog, and then retreated directly, completely forgetting that they were fighting on the battlefield.
"Retreat, the Japanese have all run away, why should we fight? Machine gun cover, the others retreat with me!" The regiment leader is not a vegetarian, he is not good at anything else, but his ability to save lives is first-rate. He is immediately under the protection of the guard company
He stepped back without any hesitation.
"Captain, the troops have not withdrawn!" After walking a few dozen meters, a company commander chased after him and reported anxiously.
"Why? Do they all want to die here?" the group leader frowned and shouted.
As soon as the battle began, he lost one company, and two companies defected and were taken prisoner by the Eighth Route Army. If the battalion in front of him was lost again, he would become the bare commander. The regiment leader was sure that even if he returned alive, the regiment commander would still be the leader.
Will be demoted to battalion commander by the Japanese.
"They said they were too tired and didn't want to run away. If they continued to run for their lives, they might as well become prisoners of the Eighth Route Army!" the company commander replied in a low voice.
"Go away, they are betraying, I will shoot them!" What the regiment leader was most worried about happened. He pulled out his pistol and subconsciously wanted to return to the battlefield and take the troops back.
But before he could take a step forward, another company commander rushed over with a look of horror on his face.
"Team leader, the Eighth Route Army has counterattacked. They have many machine guns and are rushing towards us. If we don't retreat, it will be too late!"
Compared to the troops, one's own life is obviously more important.
In the end, I could only bear the pain and ordered: "Retreat, follow the Japanese!"
As soon as the regiment leader retreated, the puppet troops remaining on the battlefield had no worries at all.
When the new counterattack force was still a hundred meters away, they threw away their guns and assumed a posture of surrender.
"Captain, we won. We actually won!" Seeing the Japanese and puppet troops abandoning their helmets and armor and fleeing for their lives, more than two hundred puppet troops became prisoners. Xiao Yunshan was stunned for a full minute before he recovered from the shock, and then
He shouted with a look of surprise.
Wang Ping was also very surprised that a surprise battle could be fought like this.
Although it is not clear how many Japanese soldiers he has destroyed, it is an ironclad fact that an artillery squadron and a heavy machine gun squadron are included.
Without heavy weapons, the Japanese had nothing but strength in front of the new regiment.
If you can see this yourself, Major General Matsumoto, the leader of the Japanese Brigade, must also be able to see it.
In order to prevent his encirclement and suppression troops from being inexplicably killed by another squadron, Matsumoto could only mobilize troops from the blockade to strengthen the encirclement and suppression troops and regain the advantage lost by the encirclement and suppression troops.
It can be said that the current battle not only exceeded the task, but also solved a large number of problems faced by the new regiment entering the mountain at once.
But the smile on his face did not last long, and Wang Ping regained his composure.
"There are still two hours before dawn, and it will take at most three and a half hours before the Japanese plane arrives. Commander Xiao, I will give you half an hour to clean the battlefield and prepare for evacuation. After half an hour, everyone will use the small road to evacuate the battlefield.
Camp. If nothing else happens, we will go into the mountains tonight!"
At dawn, the exhausted Lieutenant Colonel Noda returned to the stronghold that had been bombed into ruins.
He sat down on the chair prepared by his subordinates, panting heavily, and rested for five minutes before his pale face slowly turned rosy.
After taking a deep breath, he stared at the adjutant and asked: "Are all the troops back?"
"Two of the three squadron leaders returned, and the remaining one seemed to have been killed by a shell!" the adjutant replied hesitantly.
"I'm asking about the troops, not the officers. If the officers are gone, I can still be promoted. If the troops are gone, we will become mere commanders, and the brigade commander will not let us go!" the squadron leader glared at the adjutant and asked.
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The adjutant's face suddenly turned ugly.
He hesitated for half a minute before answering: "One squadron of troops has returned to the current position, but there are still people rushing to the stronghold!"
"Only their leader and a small number of guards from the Imperial Alliance Army are back!"
"In addition, a dozen artillerymen came back, but all their equipment was taken away by the Eighth Route Army!"
Lieutenant Colonel Noda's face turned pale again, and he stared at the adjutant with a look of despair and asked.
"In other words, when we pursued three infantry squadrons, an artillery squadron, and a heavy machine gun squadron, there were nearly 700 imperial troops, but less than 200 people came back alive!"
"And such a result was actually caused by the remnants of the new regiment, which numbered more than a hundred people!"
"Hi!" the adjutant replied with his head lowered, not daring to say another word.
After hearing this answer, Noda Nakasa closed his eyes with a look of pain, and then said two words: "It's over!"
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