Under the protection of the guards, the captain was lucky enough to escape the first round of bullets fired by the Eighth Route Army.
However, there was no luck on his face.
The shocked expression that appeared on his face from the beginning has not dissipated until now.
Then he shouted with a look of realization: "I understand, Tubalu hid its troops underground and evaded our air reconnaissance and ground reconnaissance! They are too cunning!"
Seeing that the opponent's troops were not very large, he immediately ordered: "Counterattack, counterattack immediately!"
"Light and heavy machine guns, grenades, mortars, concentrated fire, kill them!"
"The first and third battalions of the puppet army will divide their forces to encircle the rear of the Eighth Route Army. I will surround them here and destroy them."
The captain's reaction was quick, but no matter how quick his reaction was when Wang Ping encountered him, he was destined to make a miscalculation.
Because, from the beginning, Wang Ping had no intention of fighting with them here.
After the machine gunner finished shooting two magazines, he quickly retracted the machine gun, squatted in the trench again, then found the nearest traffic trench and retreated back.
At this time, the entire highway was shrouded in smoke from the explosion of hundreds of grenades. The Japanese captain only heard the gunfire from the opposite side stopped, and did not know that the opponent had begun to retreat. He still screamed for his subordinates to fight back, and the bullets
Shoot it out like you don't need money.
Suddenly, a lieutenant came over and reported: "Sir, the Eighth Route Army has escaped. The Eighth Route Army that ambushed us has begun to retreat!"
"Nani, are you sending out so many light and heavy machine guns and troops just to hit us and run away!" The captain could hardly believe his ears.
He immediately raised his telescope and looked through the increasingly faint smoke to the position where the Eighth Route Army had just been hiding.
"There is no one on the position, they really ran away!" The captain believed it.
Then he ordered: "The fourth squadron, the second battalion of the Imperial Association Army, pursue them immediately and kill them!"
"Also, call for air support and ask them to come over quickly and help us kill the Eighth Route Army that just attacked us!"
The surroundings were clearly visible, and it was daytime, and air support was about to arrive. The captain, who was originally worried about dividing the troops, did not even frown this time and decisively issued the order to divide the troops.
"Captain, the Japanese have sent troops to hunt down our retreating troops!" Seeing the more than 500 Japanese puppet troops fighting their way out of the battlefield on the battlefield, Yang Huping was not only not nervous, but also excited.
"It seems that they don't have a long memory. They dare to divide their troops under our noses, so they are not afraid that we will defeat them individually and kill their pursuing troops!" Zhong Chenggong, the chief of staff next to him, said easily. He also knew the entire battle plan very well, so he didn't worry about it at all.
No rush either.
Wang Ping shook his head and replied: "It's not that they don't have a long memory, it's that they have the capital to divide their troops."
"More than five hundred days of puppet troops, this is a plain, and they have air support. Even if we send out a regiment, we can't kill them in a short time!"
"The Japanese commander is very smart and insidious. He not only wants to use these 500 days of puppet troops to kill our ambush troops, but also wants to draw out our main force and kill us in one fell swoop."
"If I guessed correctly, the remaining Japs on the road should have begun to gather and reinforce their attack troops at any time!"
Xiong Changhe's face now showed nothing but admiration.
Concealment, ambush, retreat... a series of issues have been thought of in advance, and they are well prepared.
Such a carefully arranged battle can be won even by a fool who comes to direct it.
The entire battle, from beginning to end, ended in only half a minute, but Xiong Changhe could see very clearly that in just half a minute, at least two hundred casualties were caused to the Japanese army.
The road covered by fire was more than 200 meters long, with almost two infantry squadrons and a heavy machine gun squadron and more than 400 Japanese soldiers walking on it.
If fierce firepower covers them, even if only half of the Japanese are killed or injured, there will still be more than 200 people.
Because Xiong Changhe had been holding the telescope, Xiong Changhe could verify his judgment on the spot as soon as Wang Ping, the leader of the group, made his judgment about the Japanese.
Needless to say, the regiment leader was right again in his judgment about the Japanese.
Then he couldn't help but sigh: "Captain, the Japanese have not only begun to gather, but also set up their artillery. Mortars, infantry artillery, and mountain artillery are all aimed at our side, providing artillery support to their attacking troops at any time."
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Having said this, a trace of worry quickly appeared on Xiong Changhe's face and reminded him.
"Should we order the retreating troops to disperse and move immediately? If the Japanese concentrate their artillery and fire now, they will definitely cause heavy casualties to our retreating troops."
As soon as he finished speaking, the changes on the battlefield made Xiong Changhe shut his mouth in embarrassment.
The retreating force consisted of more than 100 troops, composed of two or three machine gun teams, plus a dozen infantrymen, and they had begun to divide their forces.
Because they had already withdrawn from the range of the Japanese and puppet troops' light and heavy machine guns, after dividing their forces, they spread their legs and retreated away from the road without caring about the Japanese pursuers behind them.
At this time, a difficult problem was placed directly in front of the Japanese captain.
"Sir, the Eighth Route Army has divided its troops, do you want to continue firing?" The captain of the mountain artillery squadron, who had just set up all the mountain artillery, hesitated and asked.
The captain had a gloomy look on his face, and without thinking he cursed loudly: "Ba Ge Ya Lu, do you still need to ask such a simple question? If you can hit the enemy in this situation, then fire, if not, don't fire!"
There is no doubt that the Japanese captain's plan to use artillery fire to cover a large number of the retreating troops of the new regiment was foiled before it could be implemented.
The deputy captain on the side bravely continued to ask: "Then...sir, do the pursuing troops want to continue the pursuit?"
"Get back!" Although the captain was furious, he did not lose his mind and ordered very decisively.
A pursuit force and aviation force have arrived, which will definitely ensure safety.
But if a pursuit force is divided into five or six groups, the aviation force will not have this ability. Moreover, it will also give the Eighth Route Army opportunities to defeat each one. The captain is very clear about his own advantages and disadvantages.
"Woooooooooo..." Suddenly, a scream came over.
The artillery squadron leader's face changed and he shouted: "Baga, it's an artillery attack. The enemy is equipped with mortars, and the shells flew towards the pursuing troops~"
As soon as he finished speaking, six artillery shells exploded in the middle of the pursuing troops, and many Japanese and puppet soldiers were blown away together with the fireballs that rose into the sky.
"Conspiracy!" These two words suddenly appeared in the captain's mind.
He frowned and ordered: "Why are you still standing there? Organize artillery to counterattack immediately!"
"The opponent only has six mortars. They are definitely no match for us. Kill them!"
The order came from the captain's mouth, but the captain didn't have much hope for this order.
At that moment, he thought of the Eighth Route Army's mortar attack on the camp last night.
He had more than twenty artillery pieces of various kinds, while the enemy only had three mortars. But with these artillery pieces, he had no room to fight back.
Calculate the target, calculate the position, and re-adjust the shooting elements...
Before a series of tactical actions were completed, the explosions on the battlefield stopped.
The captain let out a long sigh and ordered with a look of helplessness: "Stop firing, the Eighth Route Army has already escaped!"
"The pursuing troops will withdraw immediately. The Eighth Route Army has prepared a series of plots for us here. We have been plotted by them again! Bagh Ya Road!"
One kilometer away, at the temporary headquarters of the New Regiment, everyone saw the Japanese and puppet troops retreating in disarray. Everyone was still immersed in the shelling just now.
Because the six mortars were all set in advance to shoot at Zhuyuan according to the order, all they had to do was wait for the Japanese to enter the shooting area and fire. There were a total of five rounds of thirty shells, all of which hit the middle of the Japanese and puppet troops.
It can be judged by visual inspection alone that the Japanese and puppet troops left more than fifty corpses on the battlefield, which can be said to be a rich victory.
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