Upon hearing these two words, the subordinates next to them all showed expressions of rejoicing that they had survived the disaster.
He breathed a long sigh of relief and rushed to the battlefield separately, shouting as he ran: "Sir, the troops have ordered to assemble and retreat immediately, and leave here..."
"If you can still move, take the wounded and evacuate immediately..."
Nearly a hundred subordinates quickly gathered around Lieutenant Colonel Aoki, among whom were ten seriously wounded who needed stretchers to leave, and the remaining half of the soldiers were more or less slightly injured.
The military uniforms were in tatters, their bodies were blackened by smoke, and many places were stained red with blood. At a glance, it was obvious that they were the lucky ones who rushed out under the gunfire.
Lieutenant Commander Aoki decided not to wait any longer.
The Eighth Route Army in the blocking position had more than 80 artillery pieces, and no one knew if there were other ambushes around.
If so, if you retreat too late, you will definitely get dumped and annihilated here.
Immediately give the order: "Retreat now!"
"The troops who have not yet had time to come over do not need to join up. They can retreat directly and march quickly to catch up with us."
"Protect the commander to retreat..." The infantry captain immediately took the order and shouted to his subordinates at the top of his lungs.
He was also very anxious.
The simultaneous firing of more than 80 artillery pieces gave him a great shock. If he was targeted by these artillery pieces again, he would definitely not be as lucky as before.
The only way to avoid this happening is to get out of here as soon as possible.
"Bah, bang, bang, bang, bang..." A burst of gunshots came from the east side of the highway, at most two hundred meters away from everyone.
Because it was too dark, I couldn't see very clearly.
But everyone had a bad premonition, and the atmosphere suddenly became tense. Lieutenant Colonel Aoki surrounded him and began to retreat.
"Baba...dah...dah..."
The gunshots are getting louder and louder, getting closer and closer to everyone, and there are more and more places where the shots are fired.
The bad premonition in Lieutenant Colonel Aoki's mind was getting stronger and stronger, and he immediately urged: "The retreat speed must be accelerated, just rush out."
"There must be an Eighth Route Army ambush around us. We must rush out before they block our way back. Otherwise, we will definitely be surrounded here. If we try to break out, we will have no chance."
"Boom, boom, boom..." The sound of cannons that everyone was most worried about came out.
At least twenty mortar shells hit everyone in front of them.
In the violent explosion, several corpses of soldiers who had just been killed were blown away. A dozen subordinates who were running at the front were affected and disappeared in the gunfire in an instant.
Once the shelling started, there was no intention of stopping. The shells were dropped as if they were free of charge. In an instant, a line of fire was blasted in front of everyone, blocking everyone's retreat.
Lieutenant Colonel Aoki also started to become irrational at this time.
No matter how you analyze it, these arrangements are all attempts to eliminate yourself here.
Looking at the sea of fire ahead, he ordered with a panic look on his face: "Let's fire from the left and bypass the fire zone."
"The retreat will continue to accelerate. The Eighth Route Army will definitely want to wipe us out here."
The captain immediately took the order and shouted to his subordinates: "Listen to your commander, we will bypass the fire belt from the left and continue to retreat..."
The group of people had just run less than thirty meters when a large group of figures appeared in front of the enemy's field of vision and rushed towards them.
Just as he was about to ask them for their identities, at least ten tongues of fire appeared in front of the crowd.
When the sound of gunfire reached their ears, the bullets were already flying over, so densely packed that they were enveloped in an instant.
Before he could make any reaction, several bloody holes were drilled into his body.
Staring with eyes wide open, he fell to the ground with a face full of reluctance.
"The Eighth Route Army is blocking the road ahead. Turn around and retreat immediately. We will retreat around the fire belt from the right..." shouted the captain running next to Lieutenant Colonel Aoki.
The U-turn and retreat did not go smoothly. After running for more than a hundred meters, a large number of people rushed towards me. When I saw them, I fired machine guns at them.
Lieutenant Colonel Aoki was desperate, and shouted with the last glimmer of hope: "Rush through the fire zone and kill every one you can."
After giving the order, Lieutenant Colonel Aoki rushed in first.
This time Lady Luck no longer patronized him. As soon as he entered, a cannonball hit him.
Before the guard could make a move, the shell had already hit his feet and exploded.
With a sound of "Boom...", Lieutenant Colonel Aoki was blown into the sky, and his entire lower body was blown away. It was bloody and very tragic...
"kill……"
More and more garrison regiments and independent regiments entered the battlefield.
Except for a few Japanese who gathered together and caused some trouble for the two troops to eliminate them, most of the living Japanese were scattered in the shelling area, and many people were injured. Facing the Eighth Route Army who came to kill them, there was almost no chance to fight back.
An hour later, the gunfire on the battlefield stopped completely. Looking around, the Eighth Route Army was everywhere cleaning up the battlefield.
Commander Zhou, Hong Linfeng, rushed over with excitement.
The battle went so smoothly that it was completely beyond their expectations.
Especially Captain Zhou, who kept grinning and never closed his mouth.
In his eyes, this battle was fought cleanly, with great results and fast speed. What excited him most was that the casualties of the troops were very small.
Seeing Li Hao, he was very happy and said: "Captain Li, I learned another trick from you today!"
"As long as our artillery fire is strong enough, no matter how powerful the little devil is, he will turn into a pile of dregs and be vulnerable to a single blow."
"Don't look at the more than 2,000 rounds of artillery shells we just used. I went to the Japanese artillery positions and saw unfused artillery shells everywhere. There must be more than 1,000 rounds in total."
"Excluding the seizures, we only used a few hundred rounds of artillery shells in this battle. This does not include the various artillery and other weapons and ammunition we captured."
"What's more important is that the troop casualties were very small."
"When we rushed up, the Japanese were basically wiped out. The combined losses of the two regiments were less than 300."
"With less than 300 casualties and a few hundred shells in exchange for the lives of more than 1,500 Japanese, this is a great deal."
"After returning to the base area, I will also think more about how to use artillery on a large scale to fight the Japanese."
Li Hao agreed: "Proper use of artillery can indeed greatly reduce the casualties of the troops. The key is to win the battle quickly and not give the Japanese a chance to blow up the weapons and ammunition."
"After a battle, there will naturally be more seizures."
"If we seize more, we will definitely be able to offset some of the ammunition we use, and the real consumption will be less. If we are lucky enough, we may still make money after a battle."
"Let's get back to business. The troops immediately cleaned up the battlefield and took away everything they could. Then they buried all the Japs' corpses and filled up all the bomb craters so that the Japs' planes in the sky couldn't tell that there had been a battle here."
The leader will definitely not do anything meaningless.
After listening to Li Hao's order, Hong Linfeng immediately became thoughtful, stared at Li Hao and asked: "Captain, do you have any new ideas for dealing with the Japanese?"
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