Hong Linfeng, Chen Bing, and the three squad leaders all looked at Li Hao with puzzled expressions, wondering what was making him so anxious.
"Comrades, to make a long story short: a main force of the Japanese army is on its way over and wants to kill us. The main force decided to take a break and withdraw tonight. However, our fourth platoon was selected by our superiors to stay behind to protect all important equipment in the battalion.
Wounded!"
"What? Why are we staying!" Hong Linfeng was anxious at that time and shouted with a dissatisfied look on his face.
"The Japanese army is attacking with heavy troops. We are the only veterans in the fourth platoon who can fight. The new recruits have just learned how to shoot, so they will definitely not be able to participate in the battle. If we stay with only this few troops, isn't that going to end in death?"
In their eyes, it is definitely safer to follow the main force than to stay and go it alone.
Although no one is afraid of death, if there is a chance to live, they will definitely choose to live.
Li Hao will not tell his little thoughts for the time being, but he believes that as long as he stays, it will not take long for the veterans under his command to regain their confidence and lead their lone army to survive behind enemy lines, and
You can also continue to strengthen yourself.
The immediate priority now is to stabilize everyone's morale and avoid the current hurdle.
He frowned and replied: "Death? Hong Linfeng, I'm not arrogant, Li Hao, the Japanese who are killing us don't have such good teeth to eat us!"
"Don't worry, everyone, I, Li Hao, will definitely be able to lead you all to successfully complete the mission!"
"Also, haven't you always wanted to fight? Now there are thousands of Japs here. As long as you have the courage to follow me, I will definitely take you all to have a good time!"
Chen Bing frowned and slowly relaxed, thought for a while and replied: "I believe the platoon leader..."
Hong Linfeng also calmed down, stared at Li Hao and shouted: "Platoon leader, please give the order, I will definitely not suffer any loss if I follow you in the war! At worst, if we fight with the little devil, one life will be exchanged for another."
"At least five little Japs died in my hands on the Pingxingguan battlefield. That's enough!"
Li Hao replied with confidence: "Don't worry, as long as everyone follows the orders and doesn't act impulsively when encountering little devils, nothing will happen!"
"Now I will assign a task: no one can rest tonight, take all the seriously injured people into the mountain, I want to build a secret camp deep in the mountain, you can attack when you advance, and you can defend when you retreat!"
"Hong Linfeng, you set off now and take two new soldiers to conduct reconnaissance in the direction of Laiyuan. Find this Japanese army and keep an eye on them. Find out how many Japanese soldiers will come to us and what their equipment is like. Only by knowing yourself and the enemy can you be successful.
Be victorious!"
The Japanese troops were temporarily stationed outside Laiyuan City. Dozens of smoke rose from the station at dawn.
Not long after, the orderly entered the separate tent where the regimental commander was staying with a sumptuous breakfast.
The chief of staff and the three major captains also walked in.
"Your Excellency, Captain, the troops are having breakfast. Last night, I contacted the logistics troops in Laiyuan City and prepared half a month's worth of combat supplies for us. They will definitely meet the needs of this operation!" the chief of staff said with a look on his face when he walked into the tent.
Reported respectfully.
"Yo Xi!" Captain Da Zuo put down his chopsticks, very satisfied.
But soon his face became more serious than ever before, and he stared at several subordinates and introduced.
"Everyone, according to the intelligence, a main regiment of the Eighth Route Army that killed more than a thousand of our Imperial Army in the Battle of Pingxingguan is stationed in Lingqiu. The front army was very angry and decided to send out our regiment to kill them and give more peace to the more than a thousand Imperial Army who were killed on the battlefield.
Revenge, attack the morale and fighting spirit of the Chinese army to resist the imperial army!"
"I decided to divide the troops into three groups, with each infantry group responsible for one of their battalions. The troops will set off in an hour and arrive at Lingqiu before dark. We will launch an attack on them tomorrow and kill them in one battle!"
"The commander of the regiment is wise... Our regiment can overwhelm a division of the Central Army on the frontal battlefield. The Eighth Route Army has only one regiment, and we will definitely be able to wipe them all out easily!" A captain complimented arrogantly.
Another captain said: "I agree with Tanaka-kun's analysis. The front army overestimated the combat effectiveness of the Eighth Route Army!"
"The reason why the Eighth Route Army was able to kill more than a thousand of us in the First Battle at Pingxingguan, I personally think it was because they were lucky, and the fact that they killed our logistical troops did not mean that they were very powerful. If they were ambushed in the First Battle at Pingxingguan,
It’s us, I’m confident that not only will we not be killed, we can also counterattack on the battlefield and kill the Eighth Route Army that ambushed us!”
The captain liked the arrogance of his subordinates very much.
The performance of the Chinese ** troops on the battlefield was too bad. They were defeated in one strike. The imperial army did have the capital to be arrogant.
For a regiment to attack a regiment of the Eighth Route Army, in his eyes, it was absolutely overkill and unnecessary, but the orders of the front army must be carried out.
So he is very confident in this offense and has no worries at all.
"I am now issuing orders: the first battalion is responsible for encircling and annihilating the first battalion of the 686th Regiment of the Eighth Route Army, the second battalion is responsible for encircling and annihilating the second battalion, and the third battalion is responsible for encircling and annihilating the third battalion, because the third battalion suffered heavy losses in the last battle and has not yet been replenished.
The wing headquarters and directly affiliated units will act together with the Third Battalion!"
Hongquan Village is the only way for Japanese troops to enter the mountains. More than 20 kilometers further on is the mountain village where the 3rd Battalion and 8th Company were stationed a day ago.
The Japanese army did not know that the Eighth Company had retreated a day earlier.
When we arrived at Hongquan Village at four o'clock in the afternoon, we sent an infantry squadron to block the only pass in and out of the mountain so tightly that not a single fly could escape.
"Your Excellency, Captain, the only mountain pass for the Eighth Route Army to come out of the mountain has been blocked by us. They cannot escape and they will definitely be wiped out by us tomorrow!" Captain Tanaka Major reported, with a confident and arrogant expression on his face.
"Very good, order the troops to take time to rest tonight, and we will enter the mountains at dawn tomorrow!" the commander of the regiment ordered.
Thinking of the livestock he saw when he entered the village, he immediately added: "The troops have been fighting since they entered North China. They have long been tired of eating canned dry food every day."
"The warriors are going to fight tomorrow, so they must eat well tonight. I decided to change the taste for everyone. We won't eat canned food tonight!"
"Order the troops to go into the village to catch and raise them. I just saw a lot of goats. I want each infantry team to get one goat!"
"We came to China for the common prosperity of Greater East Asia and to let them live a better life. The Chinese should thank us. These goats are their gratitude to us!"
Major Tanaka's eyes shone brightly. The only one who could call the invasion a co-prosperity in Greater East Asia was the commander in front of him.
But he doesn't care, as long as he can eat well and drink well, he can do whatever he wants. Anyway, the Chinese have always been inferior in their eyes.
He quickly replied: "The commander of the unit is wise, and I will take up my humble position immediately."
It was the first time for the people in Hongquan Village to meet the Japanese, and no one had established a base here yet.
Facing the Japanese troops who were attacking us, we did not stand firm and clear the field, and we did not even leave the village.
Hiding in the house, closing the door tightly, avoiding the Japanese just like I used to avoid the white dogs.
They obviously underestimated the ruthlessness and cruelty of the Japanese army.
A group of three little devils rushed into the village with rifles with fixed bayonets. When they encountered a closed door, they smashed it with the butt of their rifles, forced their way in, and then robbed things.
When people encountered resistance, they would be beaten and kicked.
Opportunities like this to steal things openly and openly are rare, so every Japanese soldier who enters the village seizes the opportunity and grabs other things while robbing the sheep, preferably gold and silver, to line their own pockets.
In less than an hour, the small village was robbed as if bandits were crossing the border.
More than a hundred Japanese soldiers left the village in an organized manner, carrying grain on their backs, carrying old hens with rifles, and driving goats. They had a good harvest.
The village was indeed in a mess, with people everywhere crying in pain!
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