Mountain artillery shells hit the battlefield with a screaming sound and exploded.
The rising black smoke and fireball quickly swept around like a storm.
Peng Yunfeng cursed in his heart that the Japanese army was so cruel that even his own people were bombed. He did not forget to shout loudly: "Retreat quickly. Everyone should withdraw from the battlefield. Seize the moment. The Japanese are firing. If you don't want to die, retreat immediately!"
After the order was issued, Peng Yunfeng also began to retreat with his guards, with a frightened expression on his face.
Fortunately, I just saw the retreat signal and chose to execute the order, and within two minutes I had withdrawn most of the battalion.
If the troops had not retreated and the Japanese artillery shells were falling one after another, the troops would have suffered heavy casualties.
"Platoon Leader Chen, I want to thank you again. This time you not only saved me, Peng Yunfeng, but also the entire first battalion."
"If it hadn't been for your reminder just now, I would definitely not have carried out the order so readily. The Japanese artillery fire is so fierce, as long as we retreat even one minute late, the casualties of the troops will double!"
Chen Wei quickly replied: "It's nothing. In our independence, once the battle starts, the battalion commander's orders must be carried out unconditionally. If you have any opinions, you can keep them, but you must not disobey orders!"
"Also, Battalion Commander Peng, you should thank the little devil for this bombardment!"
"There seemed to be more than a hundred puppet troops who had not been killed on the battlefield just now. The Japanese suddenly fired a barrage of artillery shells, and these puppet troops actually retreated with us. With these more than a hundred prisoners, our losses will definitely be made up as soon as possible.
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"It's true!" Peng Yunfeng looked back and was frightened by the Japanese and puppet troops behind him, with a look of shock on his face.
But he soon came to his senses, and the shock on his face turned into surprise, and he ordered excitedly: "The troops are ready for battle. When they withdraw from the battlefield, they will capture these puppet soldiers for me. Don't let the fat in your mouth go to waste."
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When the Japanese and puppet troops were stationed, looking at the battlefield more than a thousand meters away that was already covered in artillery fire, Watanabe's calm face looked a little better.
Seeing that the reinforcements were approaching the battlefield, he immediately ordered: "Stop the artillery bombardment and let the reinforcements come in!"
"There must be many Eighth Route Army troops and wounded who have not been evacuated on the battlefield. Kill them all!"
After saying this, Watanabe pricked up his ears and raised his binoculars to look at the battlefield, trying to judge the results of the shelling just now through his ears and eyes.
Disappointingly, the expected gunfire did not sound.
Just when Major Watanabe frowned again, a second lieutenant communications officer rushed over.
"Sir, reinforcements have arrived on the battlefield...but we did not find the Eighth Route Army troops. The battlefield is full of corpses!"
"Could it be that all the Eighth Route Army soldiers on the battlefield were killed?" A very reluctant thought came to Watanabe's mind.
The reason why I was reluctant was because the battlefield just now was too big. I only had six mountain cannons. Even if I fired at full strength, I couldn't kill all my opponents.
The adjutant was more anxious than he was, and he was also full of expectations for the shelling just now.
The attacking force is definitely finished. Even if there are still people alive, there are not many left.
With so many troops lost, if a few Eighth Route Army soldiers were not killed, then this battle must have been a defeat, and a disastrous defeat at that.
So he hurriedly asked before Watanabe could speak: "Are there many corpses of the Eighth Route Army on the battlefield? Were they killed by the shelling just now?"
The second lieutenant hesitated and replied: "Not many. Basically, they are the corpses of the Imperial Army and the Imperial Associated Army. There are no more than a hundred corpses of the Eighth Route Army."
"Also, many weapons and ammunition were taken away on the battlefield. Our squadron leader judged that the Eighth Route Army must have retreated before our shelling, otherwise they would not have been able to clean the battlefield during the shelling and then retreat with their weapons!"
Watanabe's face immediately turned red with anger.
After a long time, he yelled: "Bagh Yalu! I didn't expect that we were so cautious despite all the calculations, and yet we were defeated. Is this independent battalion really so powerful that we can't defeat it?"
The adjutant stood nearby with his head lowered and said nothing.
At this moment, Watanabe was like a powder keg that could be detonated at any time. Any words he said could be the fuse that detonated the powder keg. He didn't want to be the fuse and become the target of Watanabe's anger.
After a long time, Watanabe's red face slowly returned to calm, and then he stared at the second lieutenant and asked: "What else does your squadron leader want to report?"
"We found the body of the deputy captain on the battlefield. He was shot to death by the enemy with a pistol!"
"More than two hundred corpses of the imperial army were found on the battlefield. The entire imperial army that attacked should have been wiped out."
"But there are only more than 200 corpses of the Imperial Alliance Army. Our squadron leader judged that the remaining Imperial Alliance Army should have been captured by the Eighth Route Army!"
"idiot!"
Major Watanabe became angry again and cursed loudly.
"The cunning Eighth Route Army, the battle just now not only failed to weaken them, but also gave them more than 200 prisoners for nothing."
"As expected, these prisoners will definitely be mobilized by them to become one of them. Coupled with the weapons and ammunition they took away from the battlefield, their overall strength has not decreased but increased. This battle was really too frustrating.
Already."
"Sir, calm down!" the adjutant consoled him at the right time!
"It will take time for these puppet troops to become independent, so no matter what, it is a fact that we killed nearly a hundred of them in this battle."
"Now our main force is still there. As long as we continue to sweep tomorrow, force them out by burning the village, and fight them decisively, the final victory will definitely belong to us!"
Watanabe's face looked much better: "Yoshi, we will burn at least five of their villages during the day today. We must force them out to fight us, and then kill them to avenge Yusui's imperial army!"
At five o'clock in the morning, all participating troops retreated to the troop assembly area.
First Battalion Commander Peng Pengyunfeng followed Chen Weigang into the tent and shouted excitedly: "Captain Li, we are rich!"
"Because the troops retreated in time, we brought out most of the weapons equipped by the Japanese and puppet troops."
"There are a total of three heavy machine guns, five mortars, ten light machine guns, more than 450 rifles, and a large amount of ammunition!"
"In addition, we also captured 249 puppet soldiers!"
Li Hao also had a smile on his face. The Japanese and puppet troops were completely destroyed. In addition, Hong Linfeng's shelling of the Japanese and puppet troops' station, and the results of the independent company and the guard company's blocking of the Japanese and puppet reinforcements. Today, only one night, Du
Bian lost at least 900 people.
This result is definitely an unexpected surprise for Li Hao.
After subtracting these nine hundred men, the remaining troops in Watanabe's hands were only a little over a thousand.
As long as Watanabe still has some sense, he will definitely choose to withdraw from the independence base tomorrow and end this sweep.
If he is irrational, tonight will be the end of him.
With a force of nearly 2,000 men besieging his more than 1,000 men, and with superior firepower, he would definitely win even if he attacked by force.
Thinking of this, the smile on Li Hao's face grew thicker and he immediately asked: "How are the casualties of the troops?"
"Not big!" Peng Yunfeng became more and more excited as he spoke.
"A total of 86 people were lost including the wounded, 49 dead. The only regret is that the bodies of all the fallen soldiers were left on the battlefield!"
Li Hao immediately replied: "Don't worry about these Battalion Commander Peng, our independence will definitely put them to rest when the battle is over!"
"There are also those dozens of wounded people. If there is any shortage of medicine, you can bring it. As long as we have it, you can use it. The seriously injured people will be sent directly to Hongquan Village. There is a small field hospital there with better conditions than here. The medicine
There are many."
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