The area of the barracks is large, but there are many Japanese and puppet troops who cannot withstand the attack.
After half an hour of fighting, the occupied area of the Laiyuan Independent Battalion was reduced by half. More than 400 people were beaten, and more than 200 people were left. Battalion Commander Zhao Wen was also injured and was leading the battle with a broken arm.
"Battal Commander, why haven't the main force of the regiment attacked? We can't hold on any longer!" The commander of the first company with less than forty subordinates retreated from the ruins in front. Seeing Zhao Wen, he felt as if he had taken gunshot.
Ask anxiously.
"You have to hold on even if you can't hold on!" Zhao Wen was also anxious, but he believed in Li Hao and answered bravely.
"Send all our remaining grenades to the front and set them up as booby traps when the troops retreat to slow down the Japanese attack."
"Soldiers, try to spread out as much as possible. Don't stay together. Even if you die, you must bring a few more little devils to bury us with you."
The first company commander gritted his teeth and replied: "Don't worry, battalion commander. From now on, we will not retreat. We will stick to this place. Unless the Japanese kill us, we can't continue to attack."
On the battlefield, messengers constantly rushed out of the station to report the latest battle situation to the colonel.
Less than ten minutes after the last messenger left, a new one was already standing in front of the colonel, with excitement on his face. He gasped and reported: "Sir, the Eighth Route Army has been compressed by us to ruins less than two hundred meters deep.
The total strength is less than two hundred men, and we can end the battle in twenty minutes at most."
"Very good!" The colonel relaxed completely and stared at the orderer's orders.
"Go back and tell your captain that we have won this battle. There is no need to continue fighting to the death with the Eighth Route Army. We must control casualties."
"They will probably jump over the wall before dying and kill a few more imperial soldiers to be buried with them."
"So you must fight steadily and never use rifles and grenades to destroy enemies that can be destroyed with artillery."
After the messengers left, the colonel returned to the headquarters.
In his eyes, the imperial army has already secured victory, and there is no point in continuing to observe the battlefield. It is better to think more about the army's next action plan.
"Da da da..." Suddenly there was a burst of gunfire from behind the headquarters.
The colonel who was looking at the map immediately looked up, showing a puzzled expression.
The Lieutenant Colonel and Chief of Staff frowned and replied: "Sir, some Eighth Route Army troops must have touched behind us."
"I will immediately send someone to the back to determine what the gunshots were about just now?"
The colonel nodded in agreement, then looked at the map again, studying how the troops could reach Datong in the shortest time and block the passage for the main force of the garrison to return to the base.
"Da da da... boom boom boom..."
Five minutes later, gunshots rang out again, including several explosions.
More importantly, the location of the gunshot this time was obviously much closer than before.
"Haven't you found out yet?" The colonel looked up at the chief of staff and asked dissatisfiedly.
The chief of staff wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, shook his head and replied: "I'm not back yet, but I'll definitely be back soon."
When Cao Cao was told that Cao Cao was about to arrive, a second lieutenant rushed in and reported nervously: "Sir, there are Eighth Route Army troops behind us!"
"Gather the troops immediately and kill them." Before the colonel could speak, the lieutenant colonel and chief of staff next to him hurriedly gave the order.
The colonel seemed a little dissatisfied with his performance just now, and he must seize this opportunity to leave a good impression on him and make him trust him again.
Otherwise, without the support of military commanders, his position as chief of staff will definitely not be stable.
"Da da da... boom boom..." The gunshots coming from behind the battlefield are getting denser and denser, and there are more and more explosions...
Suddenly, the sound of gunfire came from the flank of the headquarters.
The colonel couldn't sit still, picked up the telescope and ran outside the headquarters, rushing all the way to the commanding heights next to the headquarters.
Looking in the direction where the gunfire came from, I could already vaguely see some figures of the Eighth Route Army.
They held guns and light machine guns and quickly rushed towards the headquarters.
There were too few guard posts and guards scattered around. Facing the Eighth Route Army, which was several times their size, they all collapsed at the first touch and kept withdrawing towards the headquarters.
"So many Eighth Route Army troops!"
There was also a cry of surprise from behind.
The colonel quickly turned his head, and saw a row of Eighth Route Army troops rushing toward him with murderous intent, at least two platoons in strength.
Moreover, looking at their offensive posture, they are not at all like the local troops they surrounded. They are clearly the main force and they are also elite.
His eyes quickly widened, showing a shocked expression of disbelief.
The Eighth Route Army was clearly surrounded by itself, and there were no organized troops in the entire garrison base area that could be used...
So where did these Eighth Route Army troops around come from?
"Could it be the reinforcements sent by the Laishui Independent Regiment and the Huaiyuan Independent Regiment?" the colonel thought with a frown.
"Impossible!" This idea was rejected by the colonel himself as soon as it came up.
"There are still a lot of imperial troops attacking them there. The Laishui Independent Regiment and the Huaiyuan Independent Regiment are too overwhelmed to take care of themselves and can't spare any extra troops to reinforce the garrison."
After finishing talking to himself, the colonel frowned again.
He really couldn't figure out where these Eighth Route Army troops came from.
"Woooooooo..."
"It's a shelling, it's dangerous, protect me, sir!"
Suddenly a series of screams came from the sky, and then the guard captain's exclamation rang in his ears.
In the explosion of "Boom, boom...", the colonel was thrown to the ground by two guards.
The headquarters tent was just a few dozen meters away, and it happened to be hit by a shell.
In the splashing firelight, the telegraph operator and several staff officers who had not had time to run out were enveloped in artillery fire...
As soon as the Japanese and puppet troops surrounded the Laiyuan Independent Battalion, the reconnaissance company of the garrison regiment began to search for the Japanese headquarters.
If the garrison can kill it before the counterattack, the Taiyuan Japanese army will not know that the attacking force has been killed by the garrison, and other nearby Japanese and puppet troops will not have any defense.
Then the garrison team has a lot more things they can do.
If the time is short, we will definitely be able to capture several nearby Japanese and puppet army strongholds.
If it takes a long time, it will be no problem to divide the troops and occupy the entire no-man's land.
You know, in order to gather these 5,000 men, the Japanese army not only transferred troops from other mopping up forces, but also mobilized all mobile troops from various strongholds in the no-man's land.
Originally there was a stronghold to strengthen the squadron's defense, but now it would be nice to have a stronghold to strengthen the squad.
If the garrison goes over now, it will definitely hit them one by one.
The reconnaissance company lived up to expectations and finally found the Japanese headquarters an hour before the counterattack.
In order to expand the results of the battle, Li Hao deployed six mortars from each battalion to cooperate with the reconnaissance company to kill.
Strive to seize the Japanese headquarters as soon as possible, interrupt the radio contact between the front line and Taiyuan, and delay as much as possible the time when the Japanese army in Taiyuan knows that the attacking troops have been attacked.
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