Lieutenant Colonel Watanabe led his troops and rushed to the battlefield. Before they arrived, a squad leader from the vanguard rushed over, breathing heavily.
"Sir, we were fooled, there is nothing in front of us!"
"Except for some bullet casings and craters, there was not even a body. There was no sign of a battle at all!"
"Nani?" Commander Watanabe quickly quickened his pace.
At a glance, there was nothing on the so-called battlefield except piles of unburned bonfires, a few shell craters, and a few scattered bullet casings.
"We were fooled. The Eighth Route Army's strategy was to divert the tiger away from the mountain, not to surround Wei and save Zhao!" Lieutenant Colonel Watanabe shouted with a look of sudden realization.
"They used a trick to make us mistakenly think that there was a war here, and that the three-pronged attack force was in danger. As soon as we dispatched, they gathered the main force and took the opportunity to attack our station. The Eighth Route Army was so cunning, and deceived all of us!"
Lieutenant Colonel Watanabe was only half right.
Li Hao's initial idea was not to attack their base.
Instead, he continued to harass the reinforcements he sent along the nearly three kilometers of reinforcement road, and finally looked for opportunities to kill them.
It's just that Lieutenant Colonel Watanabe didn't give him this opportunity. He attacked with all the main forces. The troops were too strong and the guerrillas didn't have the strength to stage an ambush. As a last resort, they thought of attacking their temporary base where the troops were already empty.
The deputy captain next to him also looked shocked, and then thought of a question.
"Sir, since this is fake, what about the three-way attack force we sent a few hours ago? Where did they go? There was such a big movement here and they didn't come over."
Lieutenant Colonel Watanabe already had a very bad premonition in his heart, but he remained calm and did not say it out loud.
He shook his head and replied: "Ignore them for now, the station where all our supplies and artillery are stored is more important!"
"The troops will return to support immediately, but they will be divided into three groups. Two squadrons will circle around and outflank them. I will attack head-on!"
"I want to wipe out all those cunning Eighth Route Army troops around our station."
The torches held by the Japanese three-way return troops are the best indicator for the guerrillas to confirm their position.
As soon as the retreat started, the guard platoon leader Xiao Yuan shouted.
"Captain, the Japanese army is back. They are marching very fast. They can kill them in ten minutes at most!"
Li Hao glanced at the three approaching fire dragons a few kilometers away and ordered: "All troops will withdraw from here within five minutes!"
"Tell everyone not to be greedy. Take as many weapons and ammunition as you can. Don't force it, because it will affect the speed of retreat!"
"The guard platoon is ready with grenades, start blowing up supplies now and start taking action!"
"Boom boom..."
After the artillery shells that could not be taken away were detonated, violent explosions and thunder sounded one after another in the station.
The huge fireball rising into the sky instantly illuminated the station.
Lieutenant Colonel Watanabe was rushing to the station when the sound of explosions came over. His face turned pale and he screamed.
"It was a 75-caliber mountain artillery shell that exploded. The Eighth Route Army is not equipped with artillery of this caliber. There is only one possibility. They have already entered our station and are destroying those shells!"
"Everyone speed up, the Eighth Route Army has entered our station and is destroying our ammunition supplies!"
"We must not let their conspiracy succeed, otherwise we will lose this sweep before it even begins!"
"Boom boom boom..."
The explosions coming from the station became increasingly dense, and the fireballs rising into the sky almost dyed the sky above the station red.
Lieutenant Colonel Watanabe further confirmed that the Eighth Route Army had entered the station.
When they were still a little more than a kilometer away from the station, a small group in the van suddenly caused some disturbance, and then they saw the commander of the Imperial Association Army rushing towards them with a embarrassed look on their face.
"Taijun, the station is over~"
"The Eighth Route Army was so powerful. They were equipped with at least twenty light machine guns and suddenly launched attacks on the station from the east and south. The brothers were unable to defend themselves and were caught off guard!"
"The station is lost?" Lieutenant Colonel Watanabe asked with a stern face.
The eyes that looked at the leader of the puppet army were as red as if they could spit out fire.
"Lost it!" the puppet leader replied with his head lowered, not daring to look into Watanabe's eyes.
"The entire garrison of five to six hundred people withdrew. Those behind me and others were killed by the Eighth Route Army. They killed people on sight and exploded artillery and heavy cargo vehicles when they saw them. They were not only equipped with a large number of light machine guns, but also a large number of automatic machines.
Pistols, we are no match at all!"
"The lowly guard company fought through most of the company to cover the lowly guard and rush out!"
Lieutenant Colonel Watanabe scolded him unceremoniously: "The station has been lost, why are you still alive and rushing out?"
"boom……"
Before the leader of the puppet army could recover from the shock, he took out his pistol and shot him in the head.
The leader of the puppet army fell to the ground in despair and unwillingness. He did not understand that he had finally escaped from the Eighth Route Army and died within ten minutes. Moreover, he died in the hands of his master who worked hard for his life. This is really...
So sarcastic.
The subordinates behind the puppet army commander obviously did not expect this scene.
Seeing the regiment leader who fell to the ground with a bullet between his eyebrows, everyone was stunned and looked shocked.
Lieutenant Colonel Watanabe reacted quickly. He put his pistol back into its holster and pointed at the Chief of Staff of the Imperial Army and ordered: "From now on, you are the commander of the Imperial Army!"
"As long as you are loyal to the Imperial Army, you will definitely have a lot of money, women, and status... If you have second thoughts about the Imperial Army, your predecessor will be your fate in the future!"
The chief of staff was knocked unconscious by the pie falling from the sky. He was stunned for a long time before he could react. He promised with excitement: "Don't worry, Taijun. I promise to be loyal to Taijun. From now on, I will be humble."
It belongs to Taijun, and I will do whatever Taijun asks me to do!"
Killing the regiment leader and promoting the chief of staff to the regiment leader, Watanabe played this skill very skillfully.
Not only did he stabilize the morale and morale of the Imperial Army, but he also got a dog that was more loyal to him.
He immediately ordered: "There is one thing I want you to do now. Follow the imperial army to fight back to the station and recapture the station!"
"I will lead my troops to fight back now!" the new regiment leader, eager to show his loyalty, immediately replied.
Although the garrison was occupied by the Eighth Route Army, he knew in his heart that there were not many Eighth Route Army attacking the garrison.
It's just that the Imperial Army didn't want to sacrifice their lives for the Japanese, and the Japanese were all technical troops with little combat effectiveness, so they lost their base in the end.
Now that the main force of the Japanese army has come over, the Eighth Route Army that occupied the station must be retreating now unless they want to die here.
If you lead the troops to fight back by yourself, and have the Japanese behind you to support you, you will most likely miss the target, easily recapture the stronghold, and gain a military exploit out of thin air.
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