From the Japanese and puppet army headquarters, Watanabe sent almost all the available troops to the battlefield. I hope they can hold on until the plane comes!
Disappointingly, the war situation deteriorated much faster than I imagined.
Although there were only a dozen guards and civilian staff around him, no one informed him of the battle situation on the front line! But the closer gunshots and explosions still made him realize that the fastest-attacking Eighth Route Army was less than fifty meters away from him.
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According to their current attack speed, they can rush over in the blink of an eye!
At this time, as the commander of the entire sweep, Watanabe had already made the decision to fight to the end and die with the independent battalion.
With a firm expression on his face before saying goodbye, he ordered: "The troops will definitely not be able to hold on until the plane comes over!"
"Immediately send a telegram to the brigade headquarters and ask them to contact the aviation force. After our reinforcement aircraft arrive on the battlefield, they will directly launch indiscriminate bombing on Litian Village regardless of the situation on the ground and completely destroy it!"
"What we need to do now is drag the Independence Battalion here at all costs! Die with them!"
The adjutant didn't want to die yet, so he didn't immediately give the order. Instead, he frowned and struggled.
"No, sir, we still have a chance!"
"The Eighth Route Army's offensive troops are all in the south, and all troops are attacking us from the south. We have also deployed three companies of the Imperial Association Army behind the earthen fences in the other three directions of the village, allowing them to join the battlefield. At least they can delay the independence.
Camp for at least half an hour!”
"The headquarters can also be moved to the north of the village, so that the independent battalion will have to attack at least two hundred meters forward to hit us!"
"As long as we still have a chance of survival, sir, you can't give up!"
"If we all die and the incoming plane doesn't bomb the Independence Camp, there will be no one left to avenge us in the future!"
No one wants to die, and the same goes for Watanabe.
As long as there is still a chance to live, even if the chance is very slim, he will fight for it instead of choosing to die here with the Independence Camp.
He also wanted to take revenge and use the command knife in his hand to wash away the independence camp and wash away the shame.
So as soon as the adjutant finished speaking, he hurriedly ordered.
"Then what are you waiting for? The headquarters will immediately move to the south of the village and find a courtyard with a masonry structure. Even if we all die together, I will use the courtyard to cause a large number of casualties to the Eighth Route Army attacking us and draw more Eighth Route Army to us.
Buried with him!"
"Also, send someone immediately to contact the defenders in the other three directions of the village."
"Let them stop guarding the siege and go into the village to join the battle and fight to the death with the independent battalion attacking us!"
"Hi!"
After arriving at the new headquarters, the sound of gunfire coming from the battlefield was obviously much weaker.
Watanabe felt a sense of security again, pointed at the guard guarding him and ordered: "Why are you still standing there? Go to the courtyard wall immediately and dig out the shooting holes!"
"Take out all the remaining machine guns in the headquarters and mount them to the shooting holes. This yard is our last position, and everyone must be prepared to live and die with the position!"
Not long after his mood calmed down, the sound of gunfire approached again. Watanabe's relaxed brows wrinkled again, and then twisted into a big "Sichuan" sign.
A guard who went to deliver orders rushed in panting, his face full of despair.
"Sir, something happened. The defenders on the east side of the village are gone?"
"Nani?" Watanabe retorted with a look of disbelief.
"It's impossible. There are nearly a hundred of them. Even if they are attacked by the independent battalion, they can hold on for a long time. Moreover, there are not too many gunshots coming from the east. How can they just disappear?"
"Speak clearly to me!"
The guard quickly reported: "I went to Tuweizi in the east, and I didn't see a single living person after searching everywhere."
"All the imperial troops we deployed in that company died, just at the headquarters!"
"There isn't a single Imperial Alliance soldier on Tuweizi, not even a bullet. They probably haven't experienced any battle."
Speaking of which, if Watanabe still doesn't understand what happened to the garrison on the east side of the village, then his position as captain will be in vain.
He cursed loudly: "The cunning Imperial Army. They must have seen that the Imperial Army would be defeated today, so they killed the officers placed by the Imperial Army in their troops and fled the village."
"If we don't have these troops to reinforce the battlefield and hold back the independent battalion that attacks us, our troops won't be able to hold on for long even if we withdraw here."
"Where are the other two Imperial Alliance Army companies? Is there any news about them?"
"Da da da……"
As soon as he finished speaking, the sound of machine gun fire rang out in the north of the village, less than fifty meters away from the headquarters, and it was very dense.
Watanabe's face suddenly turned pale, and before he could react, another guard rushed in.
"Sir, the Independent Battalion has ambushed troops north of the village!"
"They started attacking as soon as the northern defenders retreated. The retreating troops were killed and caught off guard."
"In order to protect the headquarters, they had to stop their retreat and block the Eighth Route Army's attacking troops on the spot."
"Sir, the defenders on the west side also ran away. When I arrived, they all just crossed the earthen fence."
"Da da da……"
Soon, there was a burst of gunfire from the west of the village. Although it was short-lived, the gunfire was very intensive.
A sneer quickly flashed across Watanabe's desperate face, and then he shouted: "Well done!"
"If I guessed correctly, the gunfire just now must have been caused by the puppet troops escaping to the west being blocked by the troops of the Independence Battalion ambushing there."
"Since the Independent Battalion wants to wipe out all of us here tonight, it is impossible for us to break through with three empty defense lines!"
"That's it! Since the Independence Battalion wants to annihilate us all in Litian Village, then we will follow their wishes and fight them to the death here."
After saying that, Watanabe quickly glanced at the watch on his wrist.
His face was still serious just now, but after looking at his watch, a sneer flashed across his face involuntarily!
"In forty minutes at most, the planes that reinforce us will be able to kill us. As long as we keep dragging the independent battalion here, they will also finish their game. No one can tell who will win in the end."
"Order, everyone be ready for battle."
"Adjutant, give me a machine gun, and I will personally kill the independent battalion that wants to annihilate us!"
"Comrades, fight with me!" Zhang Yun, commander of the Second Company of the Independent Battalion, led his troops to the front.
When they learned that Watanabe was in the front yard, the soldiers of the Second Company rushed forward as if they were on fire, wanting to kill Watanabe with their own hands.
"Da da da……"
The sudden sound of gunshots on the courtyard wall shattered everyone's dreams. The four soldiers at the front fell down with several bloody holes in their bodies. A discerning person would know at a glance that they would not survive.
Zhang Yun was also shocked and immediately shouted: "Stop the attack. This is the last enemy. There is no need for everyone to throw their names on the battlefield at the last moment for a Watanabe. It is not cost-effective."
"Where are the mountain cannons? We use mountain cannons for bombardment! Watanabe has machine guns, and we have mountain cannons. Let's see whether the cannonballs or the bullets are more powerful."
After speaking, Zhang Yun ordered the artillery squad leader who came over: "Squad leader Li, I will leave the remaining Japanese to you. Among them is Watanabe, the culprit who set fire to our base area. I ask you to give me Watanabe."
Blast to smithereens!"
Every soldier in the independent battalion hated Watanabe deeply and immediately replied: "No problem, I have five more shells here, all of them will be rewarded to this old devil Watanabe!"
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