Watanabe once again overestimated himself and underestimated his opponent.
More importantly, the price he paid this time was unprecedented, and there was no possibility of recovery.
"Boom...boom..."
In the violent explosion, three large gaps were blown out of the yard.
The remaining two shells flew directly into the yard through the gap and hit the last house Watanabe was holding on to.
The shell exploded, and the house was instantly blown to pieces and turned into a pile of ruins.
Watanabe died, and the battle in the village ended.
After Li Hao walked into the village that had been reduced to ruins, he faced corpses everywhere without any smile on his face.
This battle was so brutal that the resistance of the Japanese and puppet troops, especially the puppet troops' determination to fight, far exceeded his expectations.
Excluding those who broke through, nearly 500 puppet troops were present in the village, but in the end, less than 100 people surrendered and were taken as prisoners.
In Li Hao's original plan, as long as the attacking troops killed nearly all the remaining Japanese in the village, the remaining puppet troops would definitely come out and surrender, and there would be no problem in harvesting three to four hundred prisoners in the end.
But the result was just the opposite, almost no one surrendered voluntarily!
"Battal Commander, I asked the prisoners who were forced to surrender. It's not that they didn't want to surrender, it was the Japanese who forced them to surrender!" Hong Linfeng ran over and reported.
"There are less than a hundred Japanese who can still fight in the village. Many puppet troops are already ready to surrender as soon as we come in!"
"I didn't expect that old devil Watanabe was so cunning. He thought of this in advance and directly ordered the cavalry squadron to be converted into infantry and dispersed to the puppet army to supervise the battle, forcing them to fight us desperately."
The solemn expression on Li Hao's face did not lighten up. He shook his head and replied: "It is undeniable that there are indeed elements of the Japanese forcing them, but I think it is more that the puppet army is no longer the puppet army half a year ago!"
"They have changed. The fear of the Japanese is deep in their bones, and they have no blood at all!"
"A Japanese cavalry squadron is worth over a hundred people at full capacity. When divided, only one Japanese can watch four puppet troops."
"If this had been done half a year ago, this would never have been the result!"
"Even if the puppet soldiers at that time had no choice but to sacrifice their lives for the Japs, at least they still had some backbone."
"Under the threat of death, they will never be at the mercy of the little devil. They will do whatever the little devil tells them to do!"
"It is not very difficult for the puppet troops to suddenly launch an attack to kill a Japanese soldier with four puppet troops!"
"Today's puppet army is different. They have no backbone at all and are afraid of the Japanese to the core. Even if four people face one Japanese and are about to be killed by us, they do not have the courage to fight back. Instead, they continue to give them
Work hard until you die on the battlefield."
Hong Linfeng's face gradually became serious. He took a deep breath and replied: "Batalion Commander, I understand what you mean."
"You can probably guess the reason!"
"The current puppet army is basically formed by the Japanese who captured strong men and recruited soldiers from the common people, and then they were trained by the young Japanese. Coupled with the brainwashing of them by the young Japanese, it is impossible to be like the previous puppet army composed of prisoners.
With such blood and spirit, he is not afraid of death and dares to resist!"
Although their combat effectiveness is much worse than that of the previous puppet troops, for us, they are more difficult! Even more difficult to deal with!"
Li Hao affirmed: "Yes, so from now on, we must pay more attention to the puppet troops than before!"
Seeing Hong Linfeng nod, Li Hao's frown slowly relaxed.
But it only lasted a few seconds. He glanced at the watch and frowned again.
"It's now 7:30 in the morning. The Japanese plane will be ready to take off at 6:30. Judging from the time, their plane should be arriving soon!"
"Order the troops to evacuate the village immediately, retreat now, and come back to clean the battlefield after the Japanese plane leaves!"
"Take away all the weapons and equipment you can easily take away. If you can't take them away, just give up. You must leave the village within ten minutes!"
Hong Linfeng and Peng Yunfeng both looked reluctant to give up!
There were thousands of various weapons and equipment in the village. It would be good if we could take away one-third of them after evacuating the village in ten minutes.
If the remaining weapons and equipment are allowed to be left in the village and bombed by planes, many weapons will definitely be destroyed.
What the Eighth Route Army lacks the most is weapons and ammunition. Now there are so many weapons and ammunition in front of them that cannot be taken away, and they may also be destroyed by planes. As a member of the Eighth Route Army, how can you give up.
Especially Peng Yunfeng. Before coming to Lingqiu, he promised the captain that he would definitely bring back equipment to strengthen the battalion.
If the weapons in the village were gone, Peng Yunfeng didn't know whether he could complete the mission.
Seeing that the two people were motionless, Li Hao continued to order: "Execute the order!"
"The kid can carry up to six bombs per plane. The village is so big, even if all six bombs hit the village, they won't be able to destroy many weapons!"
"Compared with those weapons, the lives of the soldiers are more important. Execute the order immediately. The little devil doesn't have much time left for us!"
Opinions can be reserved, but orders must be carried out. This is the discipline of the independent battalion on the battlefield.
Hong Linfeng immediately replied: "Batalion Commander, I will execute the order and command the troops to retreat immediately!"
"Quick, everyone, retreat. Get out of the village and enter the forest immediately. The Japs' plane is coming soon!" The platoon leader's order soon sounded in the village.
"Take these rifles and cartridge belts away. Time is limited. Don't need anything else. Retreat immediately!"
"There is a heavy machine gun here, we carry the heavy machine gun and retreat!"
"It seems that the mountain cannon can still be used. Come and follow me and push it to the corner and hide it. Come back after the Japanese bombardment is over!"
The Independent Battalion and the First Battalion marched out of the village in a mighty manner. Everyone brought more or less one or two trophies with them, including weapons and boxes of ammunition.
After leaving the village, the troops rushed into the woods a few hundred meters away.
Li Hao was the last one to evacuate the village. As soon as he entered the forest with his front foot, the roar of the plane came over his back foot.
Soon two silver-white planes came into their sight.
At first there were just two white dots, but as the roar became louder and louder, the silver-white figure of the aircraft was completely exposed.
"The little devil actually sent two planes at once. He really thinks highly of us!" Peng Yunfeng exclaimed in shock.
He has also fought several battles in the military division, and it seems that no Japanese planes have come specifically to bomb him!
Hong Linfeng replied with a happy face: "Fortunately we retreated, otherwise the troops would have suffered heavy casualties if they were bombed by two planes at the same time!"
"It's a pity that the remaining weapons and ammunition in the village are there. I heard from Captain Zhang of the Second Company that they found the Japanese mountain artillery position and there are still four mountain cannons that can be used!"
"Because the retreat time is too short, we can only temporarily hide them in the corner. I hope they can survive the plane bombing!"
Li Hao was also a little heartbroken, but still replied with a serious face: "Don't worry. Even if all the remaining weapons and ammunition in the village are gone, the weapons and ammunition everyone just brought out are enough to make up for our losses. We did not lose in this battle!"
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"Don't be idle. The village was bombed by Japanese planes. We will immediately count the casualties and losses. By the way, we will count the weapons and ammunition that the troops just brought out and report the victory to the military division!"
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