"Stop the artillery and attack the blocking troops. Today we will give the Japanese a beating!" Li Hao, who kept his eyes on the battlefield, ordered.
In less than two minutes, the mountain artillery fired a total of twenty-one shells, killing and wounding at least forty Japanese.
Including the eleven light and heavy machine guns of the blocking force that killed them, the two Japanese infantry squads only managed to escape less than thirty people.
Machine guns and grenade launchers were all left on the battlefield, and all the riflemen fled like bereft dogs.
The more than 80 Japanese and puppet troops gathered at the assembly area were even worse.
Mortars have a fast rate of fire, and the artillery platoon takes a long time to train, making them very easy to shoot.
Although there were only three cannons with a two-minute firing time, they fired nearly forty shells.
If one cannonball kills one Japs, half of the Japs are gone. In fact, one cannonball obviously kills more than one Japs.
"Comrades, kill me..."
After hearing the order, Zhao Wen was the first to rush out of the major general holding the Czech Republic.
It is as unstoppable as a tiger descending a mountain.
As he rushed forward, Czechoslovakia, who was holding the fire in his arms, looked like a murderer.
The bullets flew past and penetrated into the backs of the little devils one after another.
"Comrades, charge! Kill all the little devils..."
The machine gunners and riflemen all rushed out as if they were full of blood.
"Continue to fire with the heavy machine gun, increase the firepower, keep an eye on the enemy's back, and cover the attacking troops to counterattack!" the heavy machine gun squad leader ordered with a serious look on his face.
From the moment the shots were fired, the firepower of the two heavy machine guns had been maintained without interruption, and the fired bullet casings had piled up in a small pile at the firing position.
Tongues of flame more than a foot long kept spraying out from the muzzle of the gun. The bullets followed the swing of the gun and flew closely behind the Japanese. The Japanese were constantly being hit and fell to the ground with screams.
"Retreat, retreat immediately, the Eighth Route Army is coming!" the sergeant shouted anxiously,
The bullets whizzing around his ears made him feel that death was approaching him step by step. He couldn't help but run faster and faster, without any thought of staying to stop the pursuers.
"Sir, the Eighth Route Army's firepower is too strong. If we continue to run, all of us will be killed by them!" a soldier warned, with panic on his face.
"Run separately to disperse the pursuit firepower of the Eighth Route Army. Only a few can survive. Those who can survive will go directly back to the county town!" the sergeant continued to shout.
Nearly twenty Japanese soldiers immediately separated into groups of two or three and fled for their lives.
Zhao Wen saw the Japs' purpose at a glance and followed the order: "The third platoon and the fire platoon will follow me on the road to chase the remaining Japs. The fourth platoon will disperse to pursue the other Japs. If you can kill one more Japs, kill one more."
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After chasing for two kilometers, Zhao Wencai ordered the troops to retreat because he was afraid that the Japanese would bite him if he went too far.
Throughout the pursuit, there was a corpse lying every few tens or hundreds of meters. Nearly thirty Japanese soldiers died in the pursuit of the Independent Company!
"Company Commander, we have won the battle. All the pursuing troops have returned. A total of 125 little Japanese corpses were found on the battlefield. Some corpses were directly blown into pieces by artillery shells. There is no way to count them, but the escaped Japanese soldiers are definitely not.
More than forty people..."
"One company of the puppet army suffered 68 casualties and 37 others were alive and captured by us!"
"The only problem is that there are less weapons seized! Because of the extensive use of artillery, many weapons were blown into parts!"
"I have to take all the parts back, maybe they will be useful someday!" Li Hao answered without thinking about it.
"Just tell me how many guns you have left!"
Zhao Wen quickly replied: "There are still 62 usable 79-caliber rifles, 59 usable 38 caliber rifles, and almost a hundred rifles have been blown to pieces!"
"There are nine crooked machine guns, four of them were blown up, and there are five left. The Czech Republic made one, but it's still good!"
"There are eight pistols and two box guns. They are all good."
"The best thing is the ammunition. Less than 10% of the ammunition carried by the Japanese and puppet troops were used, and the rest were captured by us. Moreover, because they were scattered on each soldier, they were not bombed. Even the 65-caliber bullets were captured.
Nearly 10,000 rounds, including nearly 5,000 rounds of 79-caliber ammunition were seized!"
Li Hao was very satisfied with the result: "It's enough. With these equipment, we can form an infantry company in the future!"
"As for those that were blown up, we have nothing to do. If we didn't use artillery, the battle would definitely not end so quickly, and the casualties of our comrades would also be greatly increased!"
"So I would rather those weapons and ammunition be blown up than see an increase in troop casualties!"
"Besides, the real purpose of our fighting this battle is to kill a few more Japs and reduce the pressure on us in subsequent operations, not to seize weapons!"
"Order the troops to seize the time to clean up the battlefield, we are preparing to retreat~"
"This time we will go back to Hongquan Village directly. We will go to the assembly area to rest for one night, and we will set off during the day tomorrow and return to the station!"
At the Japanese garrison headquarters in Lingqiu County, Lieutenant Colonel Watanabe looked very unhappy!
I have been staring at the combat sand table motionless for half an hour.
Half an hour ago, the response team he sent out came back.
However, of the more than 300 Japanese troops and the Imperial Alliance Army, only about 30 people returned, and the baggage train that went to meet them was not encountered and disappeared without a trace!
Lieutenant Colonel Watanabe had a premonition that the baggage train was finished.
After learning that the baggage train was attacked by the Eighth Route Army last night, and more than half of the escort troops were injured, Lieutenant Colonel Watanabe had this premonition. Then without thinking, he sent more than 300 relief troops out of the city to protect the baggage train.
Unexpectedly, something happened in the end.
Not only the baggage train, but also the supporting troops sent by himself suffered heavy casualties, and almost the entire army was destroyed!
"It must have been the Eighth Route Army that attacked us!" Watanabe judged with a pair of eyes that could almost spit out fire.
"They are so cunning, and their methods are endless and difficult to guard against. Only they can kill the baggage train in such a short period of time!"
"Then use the mountain cannon captured from the baggage train to ambush the response troops I sent out and defeat them with artillery fire!"
"What a cunning opponent, with all kinds of conspiracies one after another, it's really hard to guard against!"
Lieutenant Colonel Ida hesitated for a moment and asked: "Watanabe-kun, what are you going to do next? Lieutenant Colonel Watanabe replied with a painful look on his face: "There is no baggage ammunition, and now even the Imperial Army's combat troops have suffered more than half casualties... Rushing into the Eighth Route Army base area rashly
, will definitely become the target of the Eighth Route Army, and it will be full of dangers!"
"I will contact the General now and continue to replenish me with ammunition supplies and artillery. It is best to replenish me with 300 new soldiers!"
"More importantly, this time to replenish ammunition, we must strengthen the escort force to ensure that there are no more accidents on the road!"
Lieutenant Colonel Ida's eyes lit up and he replied: "This means that Mr. Watanabe, you will have to stay here for at least two days!"
Lieutenant Colonel Watanabe thought for a moment and replied: "At least two days, but I estimate it is more than three days!"
"The Eighth Route Army will definitely try its best to prevent those ammunition from being delivered to the county seat!"
"Such a large amount of ammunition baggage can only be transported by large trucks, and only by roads. If they destroy the roads, the transportation time will definitely be greatly increased!"
Lieutenant Colonel Ida immediately replied: "If that's the case, I have a merciless request. I hope Watanabe-kun agrees?"
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