"Sir, the Eighth Route Army that wants to break out has been blocked by us at the foot of the mountain. There are Imperial Army troops in several directions. Do you want to contact the defenders of the stronghold? Let's launch an attack together and annihilate them all!" Looking at the constant rising at the foot of the mountain,
In the fireball caused by the shelling, one could even see the panicked figure of the Eighth Route Army during the shelling. The adjutant couldn't help but suggest, with a fanatical look on his face.
Surprisingly, the squadron leader, who had always been ambitious and looked down upon the Chinese army, actually refused.
"Baga, have you forgotten the orders from the captain and the brigade headquarters?"
"Also, if these Eighth Route Army troops are really so easy to eliminate, they were killed by us a month ago. There is no way they can wait until now. Even though they are surrounded by us now, you have forgotten the old Chinese saying, rabbits are in danger.
They can bite people, not to mention they are well-equipped and powerful Eighth Route Army troops."
"How many lives of the imperial army do you want us to spend to eliminate them? One squad, two squads, or an entire infantry squadron?"
After a series of rhetorical questions, the adjutant could only keep his mouth shut despite his unwillingness.
In fact, the squadron leader did not want to miss this golden opportunity more than anyone else.
In his opinion, if the imperial army attacked from three sides and launched the attack from a high position, it would definitely be able to completely annihilate the new group of food troops at the foot of the mountain.
But he didn't dare. As a squadron leader, although he was not a senior officer in the brigade, he had a good relationship with the brigade captain. He heard the above ideas, especially the brigade commander's thoughts, from the brigade captain's mouth.
Major General Matsumoto, the brigade commander, summarized several important reasons why the remnants of the new regiment, which had reached the end of their rope, were able to rise again despite the heavy encirclement and suppression.
The two most important ones are that the imperial army underestimated the enemy and was too impulsive.
Underestimating the enemy is easy to explain, but impulsiveness is a bit intriguing.
Major General Matsumoto's explanation to everyone is that in several consecutive battles with the New Regiment, the New Regiment acted as a hunter, while the Imperial Army acted as prey, which was completely reversed.
The imperial army became the prey. In every battle, he acted impulsively, taking the initiative to attack, attack, or encircle and suppress...creating opportunities for the new group to act as hunters.
At this time, the hunters were quietly lurking around. As long as the imperial army showed any flaws on the battlefield, they would pounce on them, bite them hard, and then retreat quickly...
Since impulsive and proactive attacks could not kill the New Regiment, and they also lost troops and generals, Major General Matsumoto's first idea was to change the approach, stop by static, and let the remnants of the New Regiment be the prey.
In the orders given to several captains, it was specifically stated that in the battle against a new regiment, unless there is absolute certainty, one must not take the initiative to attack.
No one can guarantee that once the imperial army attacks, the roles of hunter and prey will change again on the battlefield.
In the battle that lasted for more than half a month, too many such things happened, and Major General Matsumoto could not help but be careless.
Especially after confirming the news that the New 1st Regiment's station in the mountains had been destroyed by aviation, Matsumoto issued a strict order to the garrison on the blockade: No one or any unit could take the initiative to fight against the remnants of the New 1st Regiment. All ministries strictly guarded the defense line and
The remnants of the New Regiment were blocked in the mountains, leaving the remnants of the New Regiment, which had run out of ammunition and food, to fend for themselves in the mountains.
It was precisely for these reasons that the squadron leader suppressed his inner impulse.
Of course, not taking the initiative to attack does not mean that we cannot attack the Eighth Route Army from a distance.
The topic changed, and he immediately ordered: "All troops immediately move to the defensive, block the troops of the Eighth Route Army who want to come out of the mountain, and drive them back. The artillery troops fire with all their strength and kill them with artillery shells!"
Wang Ping was surprised. He hid in the trench, holding his pistol, and did not wait for the Japanese to attack for a long time.
"Captain, what are the Japs doing? Why don't they attack? Do they still have reinforcements?" Hong Ruijun next to him asked nervously but thankfully,
Wang Ping shook his head and replied: "I can't figure out the specific reason?"
Then he changed the topic and continued: "However, if the stalemate continues like this, it is impossible for the three shelf companies in the first platoon to rush past the Japs. Moreover, the Japs' artillery is more powerful than ours. The artillery platoon's three mortars will definitely
It won’t last long.”
This was something the Japanese squadron leader did not expect. Although his own fighting style was very frustrating, it forced Wang Ping to be unable to move forward or retreat without any solution.
At this moment, Wang Ping clearly felt that the artillery battery's counterattack had weakened.
It took a long time before one or two shells passed over everyone's heads and hit the Japanese artillery position.
Not only that, the Japanese artillery seemed to be full of confidence in cleaning up the artillery battery. In addition to firing against the artillery battery, the only three mortars also sent out a mortar to fire artillery shells at the guard company.
"Da da da..." Not only that, but the sound of intensive machine gun fire rang out from the Riju position opposite without any warning.
Just as Wang Ping frowned, he saw dozens of Japanese soldiers rushing out of the position.
The Japanese who rushed out were all carrying grenade launchers or bags full of grenades.
After rushing forward fifty meters, they set up grenade launchers under the cover of a large number of light and heavy machine guns behind them. There were nine grenade launchers in a row, preparing the grenade launchers to join the long-range fire attack on the guard company.
Hong Ruijun looked nervously at Rijun's movements in front of the position. Just when he was about to ask the regiment leader if he would fight back, Wang Ping had already spoken, his tone full of helplessness and unwillingness.
"Retreat, everyone withdraws from the battlefield and returns to the woods!"
"Captain, did you rush out without covering them?" Hong Ruijun looked at Wang Ping and asked, as if he had heard wrongly.
"How to charge?" Wang Ping shook his head and asked, then explained with a look of helplessness.
"The Japs stood still and stared at us. All the light and heavy machine guns were pointed at us. As soon as we moved, no matter who it was, they would be beaten into pieces in an instant. If the Japs took the initiative to attack us, we could still take advantage of the chaos on the battlefield to repel the Japs.
When the time comes, let them rush through the open space and rush into the bushes with the Japanese troops!"
"The Japanese are too cautious. They must be frightened by the attack from us. As a last resort, they will definitely add more troops to fight us."
"Order the troops to retreat immediately along the communication trench. As for how to get out, I will think of other ways."
Hong Ruijun was very unwilling to do so. If he retreated now, it would mean that the more than 20 soldiers who had just been killed by the guards had died in vain.
For a newly formed army, such a blow would be absolutely devastating.
After returning, the morale of the guard company will definitely drop to the lowest level.
However, what the leader said was true. No matter how unwilling he was, he could only obey the order.
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