At the headquarters of the third battalion, the orderly soldiers rushed to the entrance of the headquarters. They even omitted the word "report" and rushed in in a hurry. They were anxious and nervous!
"Battal Commander, something happened to our Seventh Company!"
"The Japs are so cunning. They ambush an entire reinforced squadron on the battlefield, equipped with heavy mortars!"
"When we were besieging the traitors, the Japanese suddenly attacked us from behind and used heavy mortars!"
The instructor immediately shouted: "The mantis stalks the cicada and the oriole follows behind, what a cunning little devil!"
Huang Sheng also reacted.
But he doesn't care about the mantis stalking the cicada or the oriole behind him. At this moment, what he is most worried about is the casualties of the troops!
In the territory of Laiyuan, the Japanese troops already have the upper hand. If the third battalion suffers too many casualties, then the troops on hand will be even more insufficient!
It will definitely be extremely difficult to break through the stalemate in front of us!
He stared closely at the messenger and asked: "Are the casualties of the troops serious? How many people in your seventh company can continue to fight!"
"Very big……"
The messenger replied with a painful look on his face!
"Instructor, the company commander is slightly injured!"
"Only 38 of the nearly 200 people in the company broke out. The worst thing was the fire platoon. Because the rear was left to cover, not a single person broke out, and the entire army was destroyed!"
Huang Sheng was so frightened that he took a few steps back!
After taking a deep breath to calm down from the shock, he asked with disbelief: "How is it possible? How could the casualties be so heavy, even the instructor died!"
The instructor also stared at the messenger, unable to believe the result!
A reinforced company only broke out with more than 30 people. The instructor died and the company commander was injured. To put it harshly, the seventh company can be said to exist in name only!
The messenger quickly reported: "The Japanese are so cunning and ruthless!
When we besieged those traitorous spies, they watched helplessly as their own people were being killed but did not take action and kept shrinking the encirclement!"
"Fortunately, the reconnaissance squad discovered the enemy's situation in time, and the company commander decisively issued a breakout order, gathering all the firepower and troops of the entire company to rush through the junction between the Japanese squads, and finally more than thirty people rushed out!"
"If the reconnaissance team discovers the Japanese a few minutes later and allows the Japanese to continue to narrow the encirclement, we will not be able to break out even if we want to!"
"Also, the Japs not only used ordinary mortars in the battle, but also large-caliber heavy mortars. The power is not much different from the thunder cannons we used!"
"When a cannonball hits, it explodes into a large area. Soldiers within a dozen meters around the impact point will undoubtedly die, and those further away will either die or be injured!"
"Nearly half of all casualties in the entire company were caused by heavy mortars!"
At this time, Huang Sheng answered with certainty: "The company is equipped with mortars. These little devils must have come from Laiyuan City!"
"Only the Japs in Laiyuan City have just replenished their heavy mortars!"
"Moreover, there are more than 200 little devils attacking the Seventh Company. They are eating horses and chewing them every day. The noise caused by them will definitely be huge!"
"If we hide outside the city, even in the deep mountains and old forests, we will smell some clues instead of having no news at all!"
The instructor frowned and retorted: "I don't agree with this judgment!"
"The reconnaissance platoon has been keeping an eye on Laiyuan City. It's impossible for so many Japanese to leave the city without any movement!"
"If it is really from Laiyuan City, the reconnaissance platoon will definitely come and report!"
"I trust the Scout Platoon even more!"
Huang Sheng's brows furrowed deeper and deeper, this was something he couldn't understand!
His eyes turned to the messenger again: "Where have these little devils gone now!"
"Back to Lingqiu City!"
The messenger quickly answered!
"The company commander arranged for a reconnaissance squad to keep an eye on them before he led his men to retreat!"
"After more than two hundred Japanese soldiers cleaned up the battlefield, they took all the captured goods and retreated towards the county seat, and they have already entered the city!"
"Tap tap tap tap..."
Suddenly, a rapid sound of horse hooves reached Huang Sheng's ears from far and near!
It stopped abruptly when we reached the headquarters, and then we saw a squad leader from the reconnaissance platoon rushing in, breathing heavily!
"Report to the battalion commander and instructor, we have discovered an emergency!"
"Japanese troops came out of the city last night. The exact number of troops is unknown, but they are definitely indispensable!"
"They did not go through the city gate, but came directly from the city wall over the wall. We discovered this situation today when we saw a large number of mules and horses' footprints during the investigation!"
"There are traces of troops marching in both the east and west of the city!"
Huang Sheng suddenly shouted: "Wait a minute, you just said that there are little Japs coming out of the city in the east and west of Laiyuan City?"
"Yes, battalion commander! Judging from the traces they left, the strength of the two little devils is greater than that of a squadron!"
Huang Sheng's already frowning frown deepened now, and a bad premonition flashed through his mind!
After spreading the map on the table, he shouted: "No, the Eighth Company is also in danger!"
"The Japanese came out from the east of the city and happened to be in the Seventh Company's defense area, and then something happened to the Seventh Company!"
"If you come out from the west of the city, it happens to be the Eighth Company's defense area!"
"Instructor, send someone to contact the Eighth Company immediately. Stop the fishing operation. They are being targeted by the Japanese. A reinforced squadron of the Japanese has entered their defense area, and may also be equipped with heavy mortars. It may launch an attack on them at any time!"
"The troops will take cover immediately and find this little devil. Try to launch the attack first and seize the initiative on the battlefield!"
Soon, the sound of horse hooves could be heard outside the headquarters, becoming more and more intensive, and then slowly disappeared!
That's the battalion headquarters correspondent who just took the order to leave!
"I hope they can catch up!" the instructor said with a worried look!
Huang Sheng's face was also full of worry, and he took a deep breath and replied: "Whether we can catch up or not, we can't just wait for news and wait for death!"
"The mantis stalks the cicada and the oriole follows. This is obviously a premeditated revenge by the little devil. We must be prepared for the worst!"
"If the correspondent fails to catch up and the order is sent late, how we can save this crisis must be considered in advance!"
The instructor quickly put away the worried expression on his face, and then asked seriously: "Batalion Commander, do you already have an idea?"
Huang Sheng shook his head and replied: "Yes or no!"
"If something unexpected happens to the Eighth Company, then our Third Battalion will have less than 400 people left. It will definitely be more difficult to break the deadlock in Laiyuan!"
"More importantly, with fewer troops, we have no way to control many places. Even if there are no little Japs there, we have no choice but to give up!"
"At the same time, we can no longer divide our forces!"
"The Japs in Laiyuan have a strength advantage. Once they send out troops again, we will be caught off guard. The few remaining men in the third battalion are not enough to fill their teeth!"
The instructor replied thoughtfully: "Batalion Commander, you mean to shrink the defense!"
"Yes!" Huang Sheng did not deny it!
"With the current strength of our third battalion, we simply cannot swallow the entire Laiyuan in one bite! If we swallow it forcefully, we might be strangled to death!"