"Yes, we do want revenge!" Li Hao affirmed, with a very firm tone.
Several company commanders' eyes lit up and they asked: "Batalion Commander, how are we going to fight? Give us the order!"
"Independent company and guards are joining!" Li Hao made the decision with a serious look on his face.
"The total number of Japanese and puppet troops totaled nearly a thousand, and there were 200 mules and horses transporting ammunition and baggage. Even if they marched through the village in a hurry, it would take ten or twenty minutes, so we have plenty of time to get to the battlefield!"
"As soon as the artillery strikes, you two companies will rush into the village, use the broken walls and ruins along the road as cover, and sneak attack the little devils passing by the village. Kill every one you can!"
"Artillery battery, concentrate all mortars on the road!"
"Fire at me as soon as the Japanese troops retreat!"
"The Japanese artillery will definitely retreat with the infantry. It is impossible to stay alone to set up artillery to counterattack. This means that they can only rush over with our artillery fire!"
"So, the artillery battery must seize the opportunity to blow up a few more little devils!"
"Everyone, start taking action now~"
The three company commanders who had missions looked excited and wished they could rush to the battlefield to fight the Japanese.
Before anyone could move, Zhou Liang, deputy commander of the communications platoon, suddenly rushed in.
"Batalion Commander, urgent call from the military division!"
"It's good news. At seven o'clock this morning, the military division assembled one, two and two brigades and fought a great victory, wiping out more than a thousand little Japs. The division reminded us to be prepared for the Japanese army to retreat!"
Li Hao was stunned for a moment and then took the telegram. He read the dozens of words of the telegram in a few seconds, and then his face was covered with excitement.
"God is really helping me!"
"Just now I was thinking about how to kill more little Japs to avenge the sacrificed comrades, but now the military division has given us the opportunity!"
"Why are you so stunned? The order just now remains unchanged. When the enemy marches through the village in a hurry, try to kill as many as possible!"
Guard company commander Xiao Yuan did not move. He hesitated and reminded: "Battal Commander, didn't the telegram from the military division say that the Japs will retreat? Will they pass through Dongtian Village and wait for us to sneak attack on them?"
Li Hao explained: "They will retreat, but that will be a few hours later!"
"This ambush was fought by the military division. All the little Japanese troops in the ambush in the military division were wiped out. The Japanese could only know the news through aircraft reconnaissance and reinforcements. They would be at least two hours behind us, waiting for the news to reach the Watanabe Brigade.
Here, it still takes time!”
"We have now received good news that the ambush battle has been won. As expected, it will be at least three hours before the Watanabe Brigade receives the order to retreat!"
"As long as we make good use of these three hours, we can definitely severely damage the Watanabe Brigade!"
"Even if they retreat, they can only take a bunch of defeated soldiers back to Lingqiu County!"
At the Japanese army assembly area, nearly a thousand little Japanese soldiers gathered into small teams and dispersed at the entrance of the village in order to avoid being attacked again.
As soon as the bombardment stopped, Lieutenant Colonel Watanabe couldn't help but order: "The first squadron is forward, artillery, cavalry, baggage, the guards will follow up, the third squadron is behind, march quickly through the village, and set off..."
More than a hundred little devils, rifles in hand, rushed into the village like hungry wolves.
A team of more than fifty Japanese soldiers, in groups of two or three, rushed directly into the ruins on both sides of the road, keeping a close eye on the village to prevent the Eighth Route Army from approaching for a sneak attack.
"Comrades, if the Japanese are trying to escape, come with me and avenge your fallen comrades!" Xiao Yuan looked at the less than forty subordinates behind him, holding a box cannon in his hand, and ordered with a wave of his hand, "
One rushes into the village!
"Hidden..." When he was less than fifty meters away from the road, Xiao Yuan raised his eyebrows and ordered the troops to stop.
"There's a little Jaap guard post in front of us. They must be prepared to prevent us from sneaking up on them!"
"The entire company is dispersed and operates as a squad. Everyone remembers that while fighting against the Japanese, you must first protect yourself!"
"action……"
"Bah bang bang..." Xiao Yuan raised the box cannon and made the Japanese shoot a string of bullets.
Seven or eight bullets flew towards the Japanese in a fan shape, and the Japanese standing on the ruins fell down without even a scream.
The remaining two Japs were veterans and reacted quickly. They subconsciously retracted their heads back into the ruins and escaped with their lives.
Then he stretched out his rifle from the ruins and pulled the trigger at Xiao Yuan's location.
"Bang bang..."
Both bullets hit the stone wall behind him, causing sparks to fly.
Xiao Yuan couldn't help but take a breath. If he had been slower in his concealment action just now, two bullets would have drilled two bloody holes in his head.
"Bang bang..."
Two more bullets were fired, the accuracy was as good as ever, and the soldier next to him was hit in the head on the spot.
"Machine gun cover!" Xiao Yuan reacted suddenly.
"The battalion commander said that the Japanese are good at shooting, and you should never shoot at them unless absolutely necessary!"
"Two people go up, find a way to get over, use grenades to blow up...cover with machine guns, hold down the two Japs, don't let them shoot..."
"Da da da... boom boom..."
Amidst the intensive machine gun fire, two explosions sounded quickly.
"Come over and attack the little devils on the road. Kill every one you can!" Xiao Yuan ordered after him.
After finally breaking through the Japanese guard post and intercepting them, more than half of the nearly 1,000 Japanese soldiers had already left.
"Shoot..." Xiao Yuan ordered decisively.
Lift the box gun and shoot towards the road, shooting out all the remaining bullets in the magazine in one go.
Although the Japanese on the road were retreating and marching in a hurry, they did not choose to be beaten passively.
The machine gunner held the crooked handle in his hand and fired at the place in the ruins where the gunshot was fired.
The riflemen walked up and down, firing deadly bullets one after another into the rubble.
Relying on the advantage of firepower and troops, the guard company and the independent company were suppressed in the ruins. They could only constantly shift their shooting positions and shoot coldly at the Japanese on the road.
"Boom boom boom..."
Fortunately, the explosion went off at this time.
Artillery shells fell from the sky and hit the road. Several Japanese troops and the mules and horses they were leading were overturned and fell to the ground motionless.
"Don't be afraid, just rush over. The Eighth Route Army will not be able to do anything to us if we rush through the village!" Looking at his subordinates who were already a little panicked due to the shelling, the squadron leader gritted his teeth and ordered despite being heartbroken.
"The independent battalion does not have many guns, only six mortars, and their accuracy is very poor. As long as we are fast, we can definitely rush through!"
After the last Japs rushed out of the village, the village, which had been bustling for two or three hours, finally became quiet.
At the independent battalion headquarters, several participating company commanders all stood in front of Li Hao, their heads lowered and silent.
Seeing that Li Hao didn't say anything, Xiao Yuan had no choice but to stand up.
"Battal Commander, the enemy's counterattack firepower is too fierce, and there are too many troops. We have few people, so when we go up, we are suppressed by the enemy in the ruins, and we can only shoot them coldly!"
"We failed to complete the mission. The two companies combined only killed less than forty Japs. We failed to avenge the sacrificed soldiers. Please punish us by the battalion commander~
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