After all, Lieutenant Colonel Ida was the deputy chief of staff of the brigade.
The shock didn't last long before he regained his composure, then stared at the equally shocked adjutant and ordered.
"The Eighth Route Army is about to come over. The troops have suffered heavy casualties. If they rush to the battle, they will definitely not be their opponents. If not, they may be attacked by the Eighth Route Army from both sides and be completely annihilated here!"
"Order the troops to retreat immediately, exit the mountains directly, and return to the county seat!"
"The Eighth Route Army reinforcements are coming, and our plan to catch them all can only be interrupted!"
The adjutant general breathed a sigh of relief and asked: "The attacking troops haven't retreated yet, do you want to wait for them...Without the cover of artillery fire, the Eighth Route Army's firepower is so fierce that they can't retreat at all!"
"No wait!" Lieutenant Colonel Ida refused without hesitation.
"Didn't you see that we have been targeted by the Eighth Route Artillery? If we continue to wait for them, we will be trapped here!"
"Follow the order and retreat immediately. Contact the attacking troops and let them retreat on their own. Send back as many people as they can, and then retreat directly if they catch up with us!"
Just half a minute later, the sixth round of mortar shells was fired.
The Japanese troops within sight were completely in chaos, especially after receiving the order to retreat.
The 70s and 80s, as well as the Japanese infantry and artillery, crowded on the narrow mountain road and retreated directly to the rear.
Thirty or forty Japanese soldiers fell scattered in the artillery positions and assembly areas behind them. They were all scattered around the impact point, arranged in a very regular manner.
The artillery position was the worst. Four mortars were left on the battlefield together with the corpses. Some were blown into parts, and some were blown over!
The first platoon and the fire platoon followed closely to chase them. The machine gunners rushed to the front, chasing and firing, and killed the Japanese who ran at the end.
"Attention all mortars, the bombardment direction remains unchanged, the bombardment distance is shortened by 100 meters, each gun fires three rounds rapidly, fire immediately!" Li Hao stared at the battlefield, his brain was running quickly like a machine, calculating new shots
Zhu Yuan then ordered with a serious face.
Artillery platoon leader Yuan Qingfeng immediately began to adjust a mortar he personally controlled and shouted.
"Don't be stunned, execute the order: shorten the distance by one hundred meters and prepare to shoot!"
"fire……"
"Everything..."
Three shells flew out of the barrel and flew towards the Japanese who were frantically running for their lives.
"Boom boom boom..."
Three fireballs mixed with a large amount of black smoke rose into the sky on the mountain road, and a violent explosion came over.
Within ten seconds, three rounds of nine shells all hit the shelling area.
After the Japanese soldiers rushed through the shelling area like bereaved dogs, at least ten little Japanese corpses were left on the mountain road.
"Leave the direction five degrees to the left, shorten the shooting distance by fifty meters, and fire three rapid rounds from the gun. Keep firing!" Li Hao continued to order with a smile on his lips.
"Boom boom boom..."
After the shelling ended, the Japanese left more than ten corpses on the mountain road.
At this time, the Japanese also became smarter.
Keep distance between people as much as possible and avoid crowding together.
"Left five degrees to the left, shorten the distance by fifty meters, fire five rapid rounds per gun, keep firing!" When the enemy changed, I changed. Li Hao followed the order,
Seeing that the artillerymen were skillfully adjusting their artillery, and believing in themselves very much, Li Hao explained directly: "The enemy will reduce the damage done to them by each of our artillery shells by increasing the distance between them."
"But the Japanese have overlooked a problem. Their team has also lengthened, and the time it takes to pass through our shelling area has also lengthened!"
"We can completely make up for the reduced lethality of the Japanese by increasing the number of shellings!"
"Tong Tong Tong... boom boom boom..."
The bombardment started quickly and ended very quickly, taking less than half a minute.
When the Japanese rushed through the shelling area along the mountain road, there were still more than ten corpses left on the mountain road.
The retreating Japs suffered more than half of their casualties in the blink of an eye, leaving only about forty remnant soldiers clustered around Lieutenant Commander Ida and fleeing for their lives, in a very embarrassed state.
"Allow all mortars to move five degrees to the left, shorten the distance by fifty meters, fire another five rapid fire rounds, and then end the bombardment!" Li Hao continued to order while holding up his telescope.
As soon as the shelling started, more than thirty soldiers from the reconnaissance platoon rushed over.
"Company commander, we have killed all the more than 40 Japs in the Japs heavy machine gun position, and three of the six heavy machine guns are intact!" Dong Xulin rushed over and reported excitedly.
Half of the soldiers in the reconnaissance platoon were prisoners of the puppet army who had just been recruited. They were still wearing puppet army uniforms, but they had torn off the puppet army logo and epaulettes.
Before the attack, each of them was very nervous and frightened.
A platoon attacking Japanese soldiers with more troops than one's own was something that one would never dare to think about, whether before becoming a puppet army or after becoming a puppet army.
To put it more bluntly, in their eyes, such a strategy has no chance of winning and is almost like dying in vain!
Now not only did they not die, but they also won the battle and wiped out more than forty Japanese.
Faced with this miracle, they were stunned.
After being stunned, the whole person was enveloped in excitement.
While I admire my independence, I am no longer as afraid of the Japanese as before.
"Good fight!" Li Hao was very satisfied with the current performance of the reconnaissance company.
Then he stared at Dong Xulin and asked: "Can the troops continue to fight?"
"Okay!" Dong Xulin said immediately!
"Comrades have just won a battle, and their morale is high. As long as you give the order, company commander, our reconnaissance company promises to fight wherever you direct it!"
"Then let's fight again!" Li Hao ordered.
"There are still more than thirty little Japs who have retreated from the battlefield. The first platoon and the fire platoon are chasing them. I want you to lead the reconnaissance platoon to go around in front of the Japs on a small road, harass them, and cooperate with the first platoon and the fire platoon to keep them.
In this mountain, avenge the comrades who died outside the mountain!"
"Don't worry, company commander, the reconnaissance platoon is guaranteed to complete its mission!" Dong Xulin quickly replied.
Li Hao continued to order: "Then set off now!"
"Remember, when fighting with the Japanese, you must not fight head-on. Instead, use the guerrilla warfare we are good at to kill them with minimal casualties!"
As soon as the reconnaissance platoon left, Li Hao turned his attention back to the battlefield, where the Japanese attacking troops had retreated from the mountainside.
Without artillery cover, they could only forcefully retreat under the fire suppression of the garrison platoon.
Bullets were flying behind them, taking lives one after another. When the fifty or so Japs retreated to the foot of the mountain, there were less than thirty.
"Company commander, the garrison platoon is coming out!" Yuan Qingfeng, the artillery platoon leader, reminded.
"I saw it!" Li Hao's face returned to seriousness.
"The three mortars are tilted ten degrees to the right, the distance is increased by two hundred meters, each gun fires five rounds rapidly, fire!"
Seeing several gunners quickly adjusting their artillery, Li Hao continued to order: "All the soldiers in the artillery platoon equipped with rifles and pistols move closer to me. Let's fight through here, flank the guard platoon from front to back, and kill the remaining Japs on the battlefield!"
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