"Punishment? You didn't lose the battle, why should I punish you?" Li Hao looked at the three company commanders and asked.
"I saw the battle just now. You guys fought well."
"You can imagine how difficult it is to have a head-on confrontation with the Japanese based on a ruins, and to ensure the casualties of the troops. Even if I were to command this battle, I might not be able to fight as well as you!"
Xiao Yuan's expression was still very ugly: "But battalion commander, it's a fact that we only killed a few dozen little Japs! Now that the Japs have all run away, it will definitely be very difficult to kill them. If we can't kill the Japs, we won't be able to sacrifice for the morning."
The soldiers take revenge!"
Li Hao answered confidently: "Don't worry, everyone, I have expected the outcome of this battle. As for revenge, I can definitely tell you that we have plenty of opportunities today!"
"You guys all come here, now I'm going to give orders. I guarantee we can kill at least two hundred little Japs before dark today!"
The troops successfully broke through the Eighth Route Army interception and crossed Dongtian Village.
Including Lieutenant Commander Watanabe, all the little devils breathed a long sigh of relief.
The adjutant was also in a very good mood. When he found Watanabe, he reported excitedly: "Sir, the casualties of breaking through the interception of the independent battalion just now have been counted~"
"A total of 42 imperial troops and six mules and horses were lost, which is still within our tolerance!"
"Yoshi..." A smile flashed across Lieutenant Colonel Watanabe's lips!
"It can be seen from this battle that although the Independent Battalion is very powerful, they can only attack us through sneak attacks, night attacks, and street fighting. When facing a face-to-face confrontation, as long as the imperial army takes full advantage of its firepower, there will be nothing they can do.
us!"
"So, in order to kill them, we must try our best to avoid street fighting and night fighting with them. When marching, we must take the road as much as possible, and we must march fast to not give them the chance to sneak attack on us!"
The adjutant approved and complimented: "I completely agree with your analysis, sir. I will give the order now!"
The Watanabe Brigade marched at a very fast speed, reaching a position nearly 12 kilometers away from Dongtian Village in two hours.
The adjutant complimented at the right time: "Sir, your analysis just now is so right!"
"As long as we march fast enough, the Eighth Route Army will not find a chance to sneak attack us."
"Since we left Dongtian Village, we have not been attacked by the Eighth Route Army for two hours!"
"Yo Xi!" Lieutenant Commander Watanabe was obviously very satisfied with the result, with a smile on his face as he spoke.
Following the order: "The troops will stop advancing and rest for twenty minutes. Then we will continue to march quickly and not give the Eighth Route Army a chance to sneak attack on us!"
Nearly a thousand little devils, except for the guard posts, all sat cross-legged, drinking water and eating dry food to replenish the volume they had just consumed.
The radio operators accompanying the team were not idle either. They took the time to turn on the radio and receive messages.
"Sir, there's an urgent call from the brigade headquarters!"
Soon, the operator received the telegram and rushed over, holding the telegram in his hand and looking very ugly.
After reading the telegram, the smile on Lieutenant Colonel Watanabe's face disappeared, and was replaced by shock, and he shouted with an expression of disbelief.
"Baga, this is impossible?"
"Didn't you say that the first division of the Eighth Route Army suffered heavy casualties and was extremely short of ammunition? How could it be possible to kill more than a thousand of us in one battle? It must be a lie?"
The operator replied bravely: "Sir, please calm down. This is a message forwarded from the brigade headquarters. I can confirm it!"
"The brigade headquarters also ordered us to return to Lingqiu County immediately to prevent us from becoming the second target of the Eighth Route Army!"
Seeing Lieutenant Colonel Watanabe's expression sullen and silent, he had not yet recovered from the shock that the bad news had brought to him. The adjutant quickly stood up and reminded him.
"Sir, I think the reminder from the brigade headquarters is reasonable!"
"Although I don't know how the Eighth Route Army managed to annihilate more than a thousand imperial troops in such a short period of time."
"But after they seized the equipment and ammunition supplies of more than a thousand imperial troops, their strength is definitely not what it used to be!"
"If the weapons and ammunition accompanying the army had not been destroyed before the Imperial Army was wiped out, the Eighth Route Army would have obtained at least twelve mortars, two infantry cannons, six mountain cannons, twelve heavy machine guns and a large number of rifles, light machine guns, and several more.
Unclear bullets and shells!”
"Even if the Imperial Army destroys some, the Eighth Route Army only captures half of the above number, and then uses these weapons and ammunition to attack us, the Watanabe Brigade will also be killed!"
"Da da da……"
A series of machine gun fire suddenly sounded, followed by two screams that reached Watanabe's ears.
Watanabe finally woke up and made a decision after recovering from the shock.
"Retreat immediately! March quickly back to Lingqiu County!"
"The Independent Battalion has caught up. The longer we delay here, the more opportunities they will have to sneak attack us."
"Perhaps they already know that the imperial army suffered a defeat on the front line, know that we are going to retreat, and have already begun to set up positions to sneak attack on us on the only way we can retreat!"
Nearly a thousand little devils, the front team changed to the back team, and they immediately started to move.
On the high ground next to the highway, Zhang Yun, commander of the Second Company, had been lying on the high ground staring at the Japanese for nearly twenty minutes.
Seeing the Japs starting to turn around and retreat, a smile quickly flashed across his calm face.
The instructor lying next to him also laughed, suppressing his inner excitement and reminded: "Company Commander, the little Japs have begun to retreat, just as the battalion commander has judged, how should we fight next!" the instructor reminded, lying next to him.
"We will beat the little devil as hard as we can!" Zhang Yun replied.
"The battalion commander said that the little devils must be eager to return to Lingqiu City now. We must use continuous sneak attacks to force them to speed up their march further!"
The instructor immediately reacted: "The Japanese infantry can run as fast as they want, but the baggage troops and artillery cannot. If they march faster, they will fall behind. Then our opportunity will come!"
"Not bad!" the company commander affirmed.
"This is the last gift prepared by the battalion commander for the Watanabe Brigade. The entire action plan must not be affected because of us!"
"Instructor, you take half of the soldiers and give me the other half. We will split up and use guerrilla warfare to harass the Watanabe Brigade and force them to continue to speed up their march!"
"Boom boom boom..."
Three explosions suddenly sounded in the middle of the team, and Lieutenant Commander Watanabe reacted as soon as his expression changed.
"It's a grenade. The independent battalion is attacking us with grenades nearby!"
The adjutant comforted: "Sir, only one grenade hit the road, and we only lost two warriors!"
"Don't underestimate the enemy!" Watanabe replied, shaking his head.
"Even grenades were used, which shows that the Eighth Route Army that caught up with us had a lot of troops. One round of shooting killed two of our soldiers, and ten rounds of shooting could kill at least 20 of our imperial troops. This does not include machine guns and
The casualties caused by rifles~"
"Don't forget, our opponent, the Independent Battalion, has always had no shortage of ammunition. Once they get stuck, they will definitely bite a piece of flesh from us before they stop!"
"What should we do?" the adjutant asked anxiously.
"Continue to speed up the march and get rid of them!" Lieutenant Colonel Watanabe replied. This was the only solution he could think of.
The troop casualties were too great, and an attack would definitely be impossible.
In order to bring all the remaining imperial troops back to Lingqiu County, we must avoid fighting as much as possible!
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