Chapter 1169 You can't have both fish and bear's paw
After hearing the news, the Major rushed over. After asking about the situation, he comforted him with a serious look on his face: "Sir, please calm down."
"Now these rebels have fled into the mountains, and the Eighth Route Army that attacked us is hiding nearby. They will definitely send troops to respond."
"So if we want to find them, the possibility of killing them is almost zero."
"Bizong believes that the top priority now is to return to Datong City. Everything else can be done later when it is safe."
"The mines on the road have proven that your initial judgment was correct, sir. The Eighth Route Army wants to drag us here and then gather together to annihilate us."
The chief of staff took a deep breath, forced himself to calm down, and then answered.
"We have to make a decision now."
"Abandon destroying all heavy weapons and extra ammunition, the troops will advance lightly, abandon the highway, and take a small road to march back to Datong."
"Heavy artillery and automobiles are too dependent on roads. The Eighth Route Army must have laid a large number of mines in front, just waiting for us to step on them."
"If we continue to walk on the road with our cars and heavy artillery, not only will we not be able to march faster, we will also lose a lot of troops under the attack of landmines."
"Now that the Imperial Alliance Army is gone, we can only rely on the Imperial Army to open the way ahead."
"Faced with hugely powerful and massive landmines, our remaining troops may be bombed before they even reach Datong City."
The chief of staff's analysis was correct. Although the major was heartbroken and reluctant to part with those heavy artillery and cars, he still had the courage to support and said: "Sir, I am wise, and I fully agree with destroying those heavy artillery and cars, abandoning the road and taking a small road back to Datong."
"But this matter is too big. I suggest you ask the division commander for instructions first, and then make a decision."
"The entire division only has twelve heavy artillery, and the Caoziling position lost four. If these four are also bombed, then there will be only four heavy artillery left in Datong City."
The chief of staff made an immediate decision: "Radio operator, send a telegram to the division commander immediately."
"We request that all heavy artillery and cars be destroyed, and that the troops advance lightly and take small roads back to Datong."
The Imperial Alliance Army rebelled against the Japanese army on the battlefield. This scene was not only unexpected by the Japanese, but also by the reconnaissance company hiding nearby.
Seeing dozens of Imperial Army troops rushing into the mountain, Chen Wei immediately dispatched a reconnaissance platoon to respond, while the remaining two platoons continued to keep an eye on the remaining Japanese.
He had a hunch that without the puppet army as a backing, the Japanese army would definitely change their tactics.
Because their remaining troops are not large enough to die, the Japanese army will never let their own people go to detect mines and be used as human minesweepers.
"Boom...boom..."
Several explosions suddenly sounded on the highway, which were very violent.
Then Chen Wei saw billowing smoke rising from the highway.
"No, the little devil wants to cut off the strong man's wrist again!" Chen Wei raised his telescope and took a look, shouted, and then began to give orders.
"Tell comrades not to lay any more landmines."
"The Japanese are blowing up artillery and cars. They must want to abandon the road and take a small road back to Datong to avoid the mines we planted on the road."
The instructor immediately frowned.
Holding back six or seven hundred Japanese puppet troops with less than a hundred troops was a difficult task to accomplish.
The mines and explosives gave him hope of holding back the Japanese and puppet troops.
Now that the Japanese army has voluntarily abandoned the road, it means that the mines will be ineffective against them.
Besides landmines, the instructor could not think of any other way to hold back so many little devils.
Looking at Chen Wei, he asked with a worried look on his face: "Company Commander, without heavy artillery and cars, the Japanese can take the small road and march back to Datong. With their feet growing on their own bodies, it is possible to walk anywhere. If we want to use
If the mines stop them, they have no chance."
"I won't stop him if I don't have a chance." Chen Wei replied.
"What about the mission given to us by the group leader?" the instructor thought he had heard wrongly and asked quickly.
Chen Wei replied with a smile: "The purpose of the regiment leader asking us to hold off the Japanese troops is to wait for the main force to return to reinforcements and then destroy them."
"If we rely on our own strength to eliminate or severely injure this little devil, even if we don't hold them back, the mission will be considered completed."
The instructor's eyes immediately widened, and he asked with a look of disbelief: "Only because we have less than 100 people in the reconnaissance company, we can severely injure more than 500 little Japs."
"Company Commander, are you scared and confused?"
"We can't even hold them back, so how can we hit them hard?"
Chen Wei answered confidently: "To deal with today's little devils, it is easier to inflict heavy damage than to hold them back."
"The Japanese army gave up their heavy weapons and took small roads to avoid the mines we buried on the road. They also stopped laying mines because we couldn't judge the marching path of the Japanese army. But they ignored one problem."
"The terrain of the mountain road is more complex, which is more conducive to our concealment and sneak attacks."
"Order: From now on, the reconnaissance company will use the infantry squad as a unit to fight independently and shoot the remaining Japs at all costs."
"We have nearly a hundred people, and the Japs have more than 500. If one person kills five enemies with cold shots, the Japs are done."
"The guard squad is divided into two. Instructor, you will lead half of the squad, and I will lead half of the infantry squad and also participate in the operation."
"The Japanese army must be in a hurry to withdraw to Datong City, otherwise they wouldn't have exploded with heavy artillery."
"So in the next operation, there is a 80% chance that they will ignore our sneak attack, march in a hurry, and rush back to Datong City in the shortest possible time."
"We must seize the opportunity and kill them in large numbers."
The instructor couldn't think of any other way, so he could only nod in agreement: "Okay!"
"There are many good prospects among the dozens of puppet troops we have just received."
"The fact that they dared to rebel against the Japs on the battlefield shows that they already have the courage to kill the Japs. The only thing missing is our ideological guidance."
"We can pick some people from among them to temporarily supplement the reconnaissance company before the Japanese set out, and go with us to kill the Japanese."
"One more person gives us one more gun, and we can kill one or two more Japanese on the battlefield."
"I agree..." Chen Wei nodded in agreement.
The courage of those dozens of puppet soldiers to rebel against the Japs on the battlefield was truly commendable, and made Chen Wei admire them with admiration.
On the highway, the chief of staff was very heartbroken as he watched cars being destroyed one after another and then turning into large fireballs with billowing smoke.
Especially when I saw heavy artillery and field artillery being blown up, the pain in my heart felt like a knife.
But he had no choice.
You can't have your cake and eat it too.
If you want to bring your more than 500 imperial troops back to Datong City, these heavy weapons must be given up.
If the weapon is thrown to the Eighth Route Army, and the Eighth Route Army can capture it and then attack the Imperial Army, it would be better to just blow it up.
"Sir, all the weapons and ammunition that were taken away were blown up. Without affecting the march, the extra ammunition will be distributed to each soldier." The major reported with his head lowered, his face full of heartache.
expression.
"Retreat!" the chief of staff put away the heartache on his face and ordered with a serious look.
"The fourth squadron will select an infantry squad as the forward, with the artillery in the center. The other infantry will be in the rear. We will take the small road and march back to Datong City."
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