The chief of staff was less than a hundred meters away from the artillery position. When he saw the gunners being blown away and the mortars being blown into pieces, he quickly realized that he had been fooled.
His face quickly darkened, and he looked at the artillery position filled with smoke and fire, and he was very anxious to give orders.
"The troops stop attacking. The entire army retreats five hundred meters and gets out of here!"
Before the guard next to him had time to give an order, he saw a second lieutenant stumbling over: "Sir, I am the captain of the first team of the second squadron. When we were attacking the high ground, an Eighth Route Army army suddenly appeared behind us, and it was also equipped with heavy machine guns.
, they hit us hard in the back with firepower. The troops suffered heavy casualties and are moving this way. Please send troops to respond immediately, sir."
Looking in the direction of the second lieutenant's finger, there were indeed machine guns on the high ground a few hundred meters away, shooting towards the foot of the mountain.
The thick tongues of flames looked particularly dazzling from a distance. Even though they were several hundred meters away, the chief of staff could still see them clearly.
The chief of staff discovered these heavy machine guns as soon as they started firing, but did not regard them as a threat, but as a cover for the second pair of heavy machine gun teams.
Only now did he realize that he had made a mistake. These heavy machine guns were equipped by the Eighth Route Army.
Looking at the foot of the mountain, the figures of his subordinates were looming, running towards him quickly like a bereaved dog.
On the hillside farther away, more than a hundred soldiers were holding rifles and light machine guns, chasing the imperial army at the foot of the mountain like a pack of wolves...
The chief of staff reacted quickly. He was shocked. The thoughts in his mind were not affected. He immediately ordered: "Contact the artillery squadron immediately. After moving the position, knock off the heavy machine gun on the top of the mountain. Cover the second squadron's retreat, and then
Then counterattack the Eighth Route Army artillery positions."
A messenger immediately took the order, turned around and ran towards the moving artillery position.
"Sir, the Fourth Squadron was attacked from the front and back by the Eighth Route Army. An Eighth Route Army suddenly appeared on the high ground behind us, launched a sudden attack, and attacked from the front and back with the Eighth Route Army that was clinging to the top of the hill. The troops suffered heavy casualties and are moving this way."
"And the Eighth Route Army?"
The shock in the chief of staff's heart cannot be described in words.
No matter how hard you try, you can't figure out where these Eighth Route Army troops came from.
The captain standing nearby saw some clues and quickly reminded: "Sir, this is a trap."
"The total strength of the Eighth Route Army is far greater than the 300 men we judged."
"They deliberately showed us weakness, lured us here, and then gathered together to annihilate them!"
The chief of staff also saw it and immediately ordered: "The whole army will retreat after being busy, and when will it get rid of the Eighth Route Army's pursuing troops, when will it stop."
"What should we do with the 2 and 4 squadrons?" asked the captain.
"Establish a defense line in place to block the Eighth Route Army's offensive troops, and then alternately cover the withdrawal from the battlefield to cover the retreat of the main force."
Seeing the heartache on the captain's face, he was very reluctant to leave. The chief of staff continued: "To execute the order, we must retreat now, so that we can save some troops. If we wait until the 24th and 24th squadrons retreat here, all of us will have to retreat.
Leave it here."
"Yes, sir!" the captain replied through gritted teeth, and then began to signal the troops around him to retreat.
The chief of staff was protected by a small team and retreated together with the team.
After turning around and running less than fifty meters, the small high ground that the heavy machine gun squadron had just been unable to reach suddenly erupted into nearly ten tongues of flame, some long and some short, lined up.
Then the chief of staff heard intensive machine gun fire.
Bullets flew over and intertwined with each other, forming an airtight fire net that enveloped everyone in an instant.
The soldiers at the outermost edge of the retreating force bore the brunt of the attack. They were hit by bullets one by one and fell to the ground screaming.
"Sir, the Eighth Route Army is blocking the road on the high ground ahead, and we can't rush through." The captain reported anxiously.
The chief of staff scolded angrily: "We have all lost our strength on Bageya Road, and yet we are still blocked here by the Eighth Route Army."
"You're right, they want to annihilate us all here."
"Immediately organize troops to rush over. There are more Eighth Route Army troops behind us. Only by rushing forward can we have hope."
A few years ago, once the Japanese army launched a desperate assault, twice the Eighth Route Army might not be able to stop it.
It's different now.
After several years of development, the Eighth Route Army's combat effectiveness and equipment level have improved several levels.
No matter how powerful the Japanese army's desperate assault was, it was still flesh and blood attacking forward.
As long as the blocking firepower is strong enough, no matter how many Japs there are, they can all be killed.
In the first round of the assault, more than a hundred Japanese soldiers fell on the assault road, and none of them broke through the interception.
"Sir, the entire Fourth Squadron has been wiped out, and the Eighth Route Army that attacked them is coming!" A second lieutenant ran over from behind and reported.
"No time!" the chief of staff gritted his teeth and continued to order: "Gather all the remaining troops and attack forward at all costs. How many people can be killed?"
"The artillerymen opened fire with all their strength to provide cover, shoot down all the artillery shells they brought, and then break out and retreat with the main force. Take away the mortars if they can, and give up if they can't."
At the first battalion headquarters, Huang Sheng stared at the battlefield and suddenly raised his brows and ordered: "The Japanese must fight with all their might."
"We also took out all our belongings and fired all the artillery in the artillery battery, specifically to attack the Japanese and puppet breakout troops."
"The supply company, reconnaissance platoon, engineer platoon, and cavalry platoon all go up to reinforce the guerrillas and guard platoons. They must block the Japanese and puppet breakout troops."
"Instructor, immediately send a general attack signal to other troops to encircle and annihilate the remaining Japanese and puppet troops on the battlefield..."
The Stone Forest Artillery Tower two kilometers north of Baoding City was the first line of defense for the Japanese and puppet troops to defend the artillery tower.
At ten o'clock in the evening, except for a few sentries who were still standing on the top of the blockhouse on guard, the other Japanese and puppet troops huddled and slept on the first and second floors of the blockhouse.
The seventh battalion of the garrison was responsible for attacking Baoding from the north, and this gun tower became the first target that He Jun wanted to capture.
He decided to seize the gun tower quickly and then penetrated all the way to the north gate to block the Japanese troops outside the city and prevent them from entering the city.
"Battal Commander, the two mountain cannons have been aimed at the target and can be fired at any time." The artillery company commander came to He Jun's side and reported.
"Fire the artillery now and bury all the Japanese and puppet troops in the gun tower." He Jun ordered, staring at the gun tower nearly ten meters high.
"Boom boom..."
The two mountain cannons fired at the same time, and one second later, two balls of fire burst out from the outer wall of the turret at the same time.
The turret was not blown down on the spot, but two large holes with a diameter of more than one meter were blown out, making it teetering on the edge of collapse.
Ten seconds later, the second round of shells flew towards the gun tower.
This time it did not escape the fate of being blown up. He Jun immediately ordered: "More than ten Japanese and puppet troops ran out of the gun tower. The bugler blew the charge horn and attacked one after another to eat them..."
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