Nearly four hundred Japanese soldiers and more than three hundred puppet troops retreated as quickly as they came.
As soon as the covering artillery fire stopped, they turned around and started running back, especially the puppet troops.
During the attack, they rushed to the front to take bullets from the Japanese. Everyone was prepared to die here.
Now that I suddenly have a chance to live, I definitely don’t want to let it go.
But this opportunity is not so easy to grasp.
Because he was at the front during the attack, he naturally ran at the end after retreating, and once again took on the task of blocking bullets for the Japanese army.
If the Eighth Route Army takes the opportunity to break out of their position and chase after them, they will definitely bear the brunt and be killed first.
In order to survive, everyone ran back as hard as they could, not wanting to expose their backs directly to the guns of the Eighth Route Army.
On the blocking position, Tan Weiqi did not expect that the turning point of the battle would come so quickly.
The attacking troops, who had been vigorous just now, suddenly turned into homeless dogs. The Japanese and puppet troops all scrambled to retreat back.
Immediately afterwards, the shocked expression on his face was covered with excitement, and he hurriedly ordered: "All artillerymen fire, hit the Japanese heavy machine gun positions."
"Light and heavy machine gun cover, let me kill the whole battalion."
"I want to beat up the drowned dog and avenge the soldiers who died just now."
"kill……"
After giving the order, Tan Weiqi jumped out of the position first, holding the box cannon in his hand, like a wild horse, galloping towards the Japanese and puppet troops to kill them.
The soldiers of the Third Battalion Guard Company were anxious.
If something happens to the battalion commander on the battlefield, they will be the sinners of the entire third battalion and will never be redeemed.
They rushed out of the trench immediately after him, each one faster than the other, all trying to rush in front of the battalion commander to protect him.
The entire counterattack force, headed by Tan Weiqi and the guard company, looked down from the air like a sharp blade piercing the retreating Japanese and puppet troops.
The Japanese chief of staff happened to see this scene.
Immediately ordered: "The Eighth Route Army counterattack force must be stopped, otherwise the retreat will turn into a rout."
"All the Imperial Army troops in the offensive force stopped to block the Eighth Route Army's counterattack force. The Imperial Army left an infantry squad to supervise the battle while the others continued to retreat."
After giving the order, the chief of staff's expression became heavier than before.
He frowned and said to himself: "This is wrong!"
"The Eighth Route Army operating in Datong cannot have heavy artillery, but there are heavy artillery participating in the battle here. There must be other Eighth Route Army entering Datong."
"The garrison regiment, only the Eighth Route Army garrison regiment has so many heavy artillery nearby."
"And the battle in front of us looked like an ordinary blocking battle at the beginning, but now it looks nothing like it."
"Looking at the current posture of the Eighth Route Army, it is clear that they want to annihilate us all here."
The captain also realized something was wrong and quickly expressed his thoughts.
"Sir, I agree with your judgment."
"If the Eighth Route Army just wanted to stop us here and buy time for their main force, there would be no need to use heavy artillery."
"If the garrison really came to Datong, based on their past combat style, they would not use heavy artillery for a coal mine and more than a thousand imperial troops."
"There must be a conspiracy here that we don't know about."
"There is one more thing I don't understand."
"The military headquarters reported an intelligence report: The garrison regiment suffered heavy casualties in a raid by the military headquarters. Now more than 80% of the soldiers are new recruits with extremely poor combat effectiveness. How could they have the guts to enter Datong and fight with us? They are not worried about their own sheep.
Tiger's mouth?"
The other captain was equally confused, but his face showed more concern.
Then he reminded: "Sir, if the Eighth Route Army really wants to kill us here."
"The troops must retreat immediately and divide their forces."
"The power of the heavy artillery is too great. It can explode into a large area. If the troops are too concentrated, a single shell may wipe out an entire infantry squad of ours."
The chief of staff was moved, but felt a little unwilling.
Although everyone can't understand why there are heavy artillery here.
But whether the Eighth Route Army really wants to annihilate everyone here remains to be proven.
If everyone is just too worried and the judgment just now is wrong, this battle is not that complicated, and the appearance of heavy artillery is to intercept everyone here, then the fighter planes that severely damaged the main force of the Eighth Route Army and destroyed the equipment will slip under their noses
Walk.
The chief of staff thought more and more hesitantly.
At this time, a captain couldn't help but remind: "Sir, the fighter plane is fleeting. If you want to retreat, you must seize the time. You can't waste a second."
"Don't rush to retreat yet!" The chief of staff was still reluctant to miss this opportunity to severely damage the Eighth Route Army, and finally made up his mind.
The two captains waited for such an order after talking for a long time. This result was obviously not what they wanted.
After discussing the matter, they all objected in unison: "Sir, think twice."
When he was about to continue talking, the chief of staff interrupted directly: "Don't worry, I won't make fun of the lives of so many soldiers."
"We just won't retreat for the time being, but it doesn't mean we won't retreat."
"When the situation becomes clearer and we see the purpose of the Eighth Route Army, we will decide whether to retreat."
"Of course, we can't be idle while waiting."
"The offensive force resolutely blocks the enemy's counterattack force, and the reconnaissance force expands the search area. If the Eighth Route Army comes to attack, report to me immediately."
"Other troops spread out in squadron units to reduce the threat from heavy artillery to us and be ready to retreat at any time."
"The artillery should find the enemy's heavy artillery position as soon as possible. If there is really a conspiracy here, we will not go back to the city after breaking through and find a way to surprise their heavy artillery position."
"This is a target that the military has always wanted to kill. Taking them down is a great achievement."
Seeing that the chief of staff was ready to advance, attack, retreat or defend, the tense nerves of the two captains finally relaxed.
When he heard that the troops could easily kill the heavy artillery battalion of the garrison when they were retreating, his eyes that were full of worry just now began to shine.
It's like waving to you after seeing your military exploits.
At this moment, the sound of artillery fire from the artillery position suddenly stopped.
The three people looked at each other and saw a hint of surprise in each other's eyes.
Subconsciously I thought the heavy artillery battalion's bombardment was over.
The artillery bombardment lasted for such a short period of time, so the Eighth Route Army must have not taken any major action.
The offensive troops also exchanged fire with the counterattack troops of the Eighth Route Army.
At the beginning, the puppet troops who were eager to escape had no fighting spirit and collapsed at the first touch.
After more and more Japanese troops joined the battle, the puppet army's defeat was finally contained, and the offensive of the third battalion was also blocked.
It's not because of how strong the Japanese army's combat effectiveness is, but because the Third Battalion has added a large number of new soldiers, and its combat effectiveness is far less than before.
At this moment, the three people seemed to feel that the war situation was developing in a direction that was favorable to them.
To their disappointment, this good mood only lasted less than a minute and ended.
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