The two infantry squads finally returned with less than twenty people.
There were even fewer puppet troops, with only a dozen people from the two companies returning.
The infantry artillery squad, just as the running squadron leader initially judged, suffered a devastating blow.
Although the two infantry cannons stood intact, there were about a dozen corpses scattered around each infantry cannon.
The Japanese now have infantry cannons and artillery shells, but no gunners to control them. For Major Ida, the two infantry cannons have become scrap metal.
Therefore, when the troops concentrated on him, Ida decisively decided to abandon the infantry artillery and ordered the troops to blow them up.
However, the infantry artillery was targeted by the Eighth Route Army's heavy machine guns and mortars.
For the Japs, infantry artillery is a treasure. This is especially true for the Eighth Route Army. Xiao Yunshan, the fat man in the mouth, will never allow the Japs to destroy it. He specially deploys two heavy machine guns to keep an eye on them. As long as anyone wants to get close to them, they will use the machine guns to shoot them.
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In the end, the two infantry guns were not bombed and remained intact.
However, Major Ida is not worried, he already has ideas and countermeasures in mind.
As long as he can hold on until the aviation aircraft comes over, he will definitely contact the aircraft to blow up the two cannons. If he can't hold on until the aircraft comes over, he will send a telegram to the aviation army before he dies, asking the aviation army to conduct a blanket bombing of the battlefield and destroy everything.
The weapons and ammunition equipped by the imperial army left the Eighth Route Army without any supplies.
"Battal Commander, the remaining Japanese and puppet troops have been surrounded by us. The total strength should be only about 300 people, half of the Japanese and half of the puppet troops!" The whole battle went so smoothly that the instructor Wu Yanrong could hardly believe himself.
With his eyes, he looked at the increasingly favorable situation on the battlefield and shouted with surprise on his face.
Li Wen, who hurried over from the other side, said: "The troops have also changed their guns for cannons!"
"Before the war, there were less than 200 soldiers equipped with rifles. After the fifth and sixth companies fought back against the Japanese, they not only captured more than 100 puppet soldiers who no longer wanted to work for the Japanese, but also captured more than 200 rifles. Now
Every soldier in our second battalion has a gun!"
All the news brought by his subordinates was good, but Xiao Yunshan didn't have much smile on his face.
After looking at the watch on his wrist, he replied with a serious face: "It has been an hour since the Japs started attacking. If the Japs had called for planes to come over for support from the beginning, the Japs' planes would have killed them in half an hour at most!
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"Battal Commander, do you want to end the battle within half an hour?" Wu Yanrong frowned and stared at Xiao Yunshan and asked.
Xiao Yunshan affirmed: "Of course, if we can end the battle in half an hour, we must end the battle in half an hour. If we can't end the battle in half an hour, we will still be strangled with the Japanese so that the planes they kill will not dare to bomb us!"
After finishing speaking, Xiao Yunshan directly began to issue orders: "Artillery, heavy machine gun companies, and infantry, cooperate with each other. The three companies will launch an attack together. If the offensive cannot be sustained, use the shortest possible time to break through the Japanese and puppet army's ring fortifications and fight with them."
"Three company commanders should not be afraid of casualties, but they must also control them. The Japanese now have only light machine guns and a few heavy machine guns and grenades, but not a single mortar. We now need heavy machine guns and cannons.
There are cannons. When attacking, if you encounter a hard bone, blow it up with cannons and sweep it with heavy machine guns!"
"The Japanese and puppet troops we are surrounding must be equipped with a lot of artillery shells and heavy machine gun bullets. As long as we kill them, we can replenish as much ammunition as they use up, and only a lot more!"
Less than five minutes after it stopped, the sound of gunfire resounded throughout the battlefield again.
"Company commander, the Japs in front are equipped with a heavy machine gun, and the firepower is fierce. We can't rush through... A platoon commander rushed to the company commander with a face filled with gunpowder smoke and reported.
"Assemble the mortars and blow them up!" the company commander ordered decisively.
After six consecutive artillery shells hit him, the heavy machine gun and the dozen or so Japanese and puppet soldiers around him were instantly shrouded in artillery fire.
"Light and heavy machine gun cover, comrades, charge with me!" The platoon leader led his thirty or so soldiers and rushed towards the Japanese.
"Boom..." Suddenly, a grenade hit the middle of the attacking troops, knocking two soldiers over.
The platoon leader frowned and shouted: "Comrades, continue to charge with me... Machine gunners, find the Japanese grenade launchers immediately and kill them!"
"Da da da……"
A heavy machine gun and two light machine guns quickly counterattacked, and the whizzing bullets shot out an airtight curtain of bullets around the Japanese as if they were free.
The two Japanese grenadiers who were squatting on the ground were beaten into sieves on the spot and fell to the ground.
"Bage Ya Road, the Eighth Route Army's offensive firepower is too fierce. We can't stand it any longer. Immediately report to the captain and ask for reinforcements!" At the beginning of the battle, the army lost more than a dozen people, and most of the remaining heavy weapons were destroyed.
The Japanese team leader was frightened and shouted with a look of horror on his face.
Major Ida's face looked very ugly. At this time, he was not only shocked but also shocked, and there were too many puzzles and questions in his mind that needed to be explained.
Is this still the Eighth Route Army I know?
He is not afraid of death, his individual soldiers are powerful and well-equipped, and his heavy weapons are no worse than his own.
More importantly, they had sufficient ammunition. They were not at all like the Eighth Route Army that I had encountered before. They shot three times, threw grenades, and then fought with the imperial army on bayonets.
In fact, the Second Battalion was not as wealthy and had sufficient ammunition as he imagined.
If not for the considerable supply of weapons and ammunition left by their retreating troops, at least the riflemen of the second battalion would have no ammunition left.
As for the heavy machine guns and mortars, the two companies did not bring much ammunition when they came for reinforcements. However, Xiao Yunshan always remembered what Wang Ping once said. If the Eighth Route Army wants to obtain supplies on the battlefield, it must fight a war of annihilation.
Therefore, Xiao Yunshan decided to use all the ammunition to fight this battle and kill the Japanese.
But even so, according to the current style of play, even if Xiao Yunshan takes out all his ammunition stocks, it will only be enough for the troops to consume for ten minutes.
Major Ida had a sullen face and did not know this situation.
If he knew, he could have continued to shrink the defense line, assemble the troops into a group, and win by using up the limited ammunition in the hands of the second battalion.
But, he didn't dare.
He was afraid that after he gathered his troops together, the Eighth Route Army would be able to blow them all up with just artillery bombs.
"Sir, the third team suffered more than half casualties, and all the light and heavy machine guns were destroyed. They have decided to die together with the Eighth Route Army's offensive troops. Please make a decision soon, sir!" The arrival of a subordinate interrupted the hesitating Major Ida, and brought a message that made him despair.
news!
"Do we still have troops? Come on, we can't let the Eighth Route Army rush into our ring fortifications, otherwise the planes won't dare to bomb them when they come!" Major Ida asked anxiously.
"There is another guard team!" the adjutant reminded after hesitating.
"Let them come. If the defense line can hold on for one more minute, we will have more hope! Also, I want to send a telegram to the brigade commander! The strength of the Linfen North Eighth Route Army far exceeds our imagination. If we don't pay attention to them, we will still
Big loss!"
"Farewell telegram!" the adjutant asked tentatively!
"Not bad!" Major Ida affirmed, his face full of helplessness!
"If we are all killed in the battle, this is a farewell telegram to the brigade headquarters. When the operator comes over, I will dictate it directly!"
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