Zhao Wen had a sullen face and frowned, his mind already in a mess.
This news is so unexpected.
He thought of everything before the war, except that he did not expect that the Laiyuan garrison would come out of the city to assist.
During the time when the troops besieged Laiyuan City, I tried every means to force the Japanese and puppet troops out, and then used guerrilla warfare to slowly consume them.
But the Japanese and puppet troops refused to be fooled and defended Laiyuan City.
After a long time, Zhao Wen naturally thought that the little devils in the city would not take the initiative to leave the city. When considering dealing with the baggage train, he naturally ignored them.
Unexpectedly, the Japanese would actually do the opposite and use such a trick on themselves. Not only did they come out, but they also took action with a thousand people.
The third company commander's analysis is very correct.
The total strength of the response troops from Laiyuan City and the remaining escort troops from the baggage train exceeded a thousand people.
There were only three infantry companies with less than 500 men that could be gathered around him immediately. They were definitely no match for them in a hurry. The possibility of pulling out the tiger's teeth and eating the baggage train under the heavy protection of the Japanese and puppet troops was almost zero.
Thinking of this, Zhao Wen frowned deeper and deeper.
A few minutes later, he ordered with a look of helplessness: "Immediately send a telegram to the regiment headquarters and report the truth of the battle. We have too many Japanese to deal with. We cannot eat the baggage train, destroy the ammunition they escorted, and request punishment."
At the garrison headquarters, Hong Linfeng was the first to see the telegram sent by Zhao Wen, and then he frowned.
"Captain, the Japanese have calculated so well. The entire response operation was flawless."
"Under the cover of the aircraft, the supporting force will definitely be able to meet up with the baggage train on time. Then the plane will withdraw from the battlefield, and the supporting force will protect the baggage train and march all the way back to Laiyuan City."
"In the first two and a half hours, there were planes watching from the sky. Zhao Wen could not assemble his troops, so he could only fight with the Japanese and use guerrilla warfare to deal with them."
"In the second half of the two-and-a-half-hour period, although there was no threat from aircraft, the time was too short, and Zhao Wen did not have many troops. In a hurry, he would definitely not be able to stop the peak of more than a thousand puppet troops. In the end, he could only
Watching them fight back to Laiyuan."
Li Hao's face was very ugly at first, but he soon regained his composure, and then became more and more relaxed. He looked at Hong Linfeng and replied: "Chief of Staff, this task is not as complicated as you think."
"Both you and Zhao Wen have reached a dead end."
"My order to Zhao Wen was to destroy the weapons and ammunition escorted by the baggage train and prevent them from entering Laiyuan City. I did not ask him to destroy the baggage train."
Hong Linfeng continued to frown, and asked with a puzzled look on his face: "Captain, is there any difference here?"
"The ammunition is in the hands of the baggage train, and there are a large number of Japanese and puppet troops escorting them. If they are not eliminated, how can they be destroyed?"
Li Hao already knew this and answered confidently: "We can use cannons!"
"As long as the battlefield is selected and the artillery is properly deployed, we can definitely bypass the escorting troops and directly use artillery shells to destroy the ammunition escorted by the baggage train."
"Send a telegram to Zhao Wen right away and ask him to call you like this!"
After the telegram was sent to the regiment headquarters asking for voluntary punishment, Zhao Wen did not sit idle and continued to rack his brains to think of solutions.
Even if there is only one chance in ten thousand, he doesn't want to let it go.
"Battal Commander, the regiment headquarters has called back!" The communications squad leader hurried over and handed over a telex newspaper full of messages.
As Zhao Wen watched, his frown relaxed, and a smile began to appear on his tense face.
Putting away the telegram, he breathed a sigh of relief and said with emotion: "The leader is right, I have reached a dead end."
"If we don't kill the Japanese and puppet escort troops, we can still destroy the ammunition escorted by the baggage train."
"The communications squad has gathered. I'm going to assign tasks to each company and platoon."
On the road six kilometers away from Laiyuan City, more than a thousand Japanese puppet troops, holding torches, looked like a fire dragon from a distance, charging towards Laiyuan City in a mighty manner.
Major Nakamura walked in the middle of the team, glancing at his watch from time to time, very anxious.
There is a mountain pass two kilometers ahead. After passing there, the next three kilometers are plains, and you can see Laiyuan City at a glance.
Even if the Eighth Route Army comes over, the flat terrain is very beneficial to us, and we can easily break through the Eighth Route Army's interception and advance into Laiyuan City.
Thinking of this, Major Nakamura immediately ordered: "The troops must march faster! Pass the mountain pass in front as soon as possible, and then we will be safe."
"Da da da……"
Less than ten minutes after the order was issued, the familiar sound of machine gun fire rang out, and right at the mountain pass, Major Nakamura's dream of quickly passing through the mountain pass was shattered instantly.
He quickly raised his telescope and looked towards the mountain pass.
Under the darkness, he couldn't see very clearly.
But the gunshots coming from the battlefield still gave him a rough judgment on the situation: the forward troops were launching an assault on the mountain pass...
"Da da da... bah bah..."
A duller sound of strafing reached Nakamura's ears, and the sound of light machine gun fire was also denser than before, with a large number of rifle shots mixed in.
A look of solemnity slowly appeared on Major Nakamura's serious face: "The Eighth Route Army has deployed at least one infantry company at the mountain pass, equipped with heavy machine guns."
"The forward troops have no counterweight weapons and are certainly no match for them!"
Less than five minutes after I finished speaking, a sergeant ran over with blood on his body.
"Sir, the forward troops failed to attack the mountain pass, and more than thirty imperial troops were lost."
"We must break through the mountain pass as soon as possible." Major Nakamura ordered in a deep voice without giving the sergeant a chance to continue.
"The longer we stay here, the more dangerous it becomes and the greater the possibility of being attacked."
"Honda Squadron, the Third Battalion of the Imperial Association Army, attack together!"
"The light and heavy machine guns, grenades, and mortars equipped by other troops all fired to provide fire cover for the assault troops.
The response force only had two infantry squadrons, and the attack time was very short. In order to ensure the march speed, they only brought four mortars and four heavy machine guns.
Although it was a little short, Major Nakamura was confident that these heavy firepower was enough to suppress an infantry company of the Eighth Route Army.
Artillery shells and heavy machine gun bullets flew towards the mountain pass as if they cost nothing.
In less than five minutes, the mountain pass was filled with smoke and fire.
For more than four hundred days, the puppet troops held rifles and carried light machine guns, and launched an assault on the mountain pass like a pack of wolves.
For two hundred meters, there was no movement at the pass.
One hundred and fifty meters later, there was still no movement at the mountain pass.
One hundred meters away, there is still no movement at the mountain pass...
The solemn expression on Major Nakamura's face gradually became relaxed.
As long as the troops rush forward another fifty meters, even if there are still Eighth Route Army troops at the mountain pass, they will be unable to make a comeback.
There are more than a hundred imperial troops and more than three hundred imperial troops. They can completely use their superior strength to overwhelm the Eighth Route Army and annihilate them completely.
