Chapter 823: The Battlefield Wins, The Strategy Loses
"Sir, the Eighth Route Army's artillery fire has been suppressed by us." The communications officer of the artillery squadron rushed over and reported.
"Sir, the reinforcements have arrived at the west of the village. Under the artillery interception, no Eighth Route Army rushed out, but our troops defending the west of the village suffered heavy casualties, and nearly an infantry squad was disabled!" A communications soldier from the infantry rushed over and reported with a look of joy on his face.
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The major also had a happy smile on his face.
"Yo Xi, fortunately we reacted quickly enough, otherwise the Eighth Route Army surrounded by us in the village would definitely have successfully broken through."
"An infantry squad has been severely damaged. As long as they attack with all their strength, they can rush out of the village in one attack. By then, the Eighth Route Army will become as cunning as a loach, and it will definitely be very difficult to catch them."
"By the way, how are the attacking troops doing? Did they enter the village?"
"The enemy wants to break out from the west of the village. The main troops must have concentrated there. Now the attack will definitely be able to enter the village easily."
"Sir is wise."
Before the major finished speaking, an infantryman and a squadron leader rushed over and panted and complimented.
"The troops have indeed entered the village, and they have hardly encountered any blocking troops from the Eighth Route Army."
The smile on the major's face grew thicker, and he immediately added: "It seems that our judgment just now is correct. The Eighth Route Army is really going to break out from the west of the village, and the troops have already gathered in the west of the village."
"Pass my order and the troops will speed up their assault and quickly move towards the west of the village, encircling and annihilating the enemy in the west of the village."
"The Eighth Route Army is good at guerrilla warfare. Street fighting and guerrilla warfare have many things in common."
"If we let them disperse to every corner of the village, and we want to occupy the village bit by bit and eliminate them, we will definitely have to pay a high price."
"This is also a very important reason why I did not attack them before but waited for dawn to bomb them with planes."
"Now that they are concentrated in the west of the village, it is a perfect opportunity for us to encircle and annihilate them."
"The troops seized the time to attack and surrounded them in the west of the village. Then the artillery fired, bombing the west of the village first and razing all the houses there to the ground. Then the infantry attacked to eliminate the remaining enemies and end the battle."
In a house in the center of the village, the company commander was hiding here with his disabled guard squad and a supplementary squad.
The investigation squad leader lay motionless on the roof, observing his surroundings.
"Company Commander, the nearest Japanese and puppet troops are less than fifty meters away from us, and they are rushing towards our pocket formation. There are five Japanese soldiers and a dozen or so Japanese soldiers."
"Eat them." The company commander made a decisive decision.
"A veteran leads two supplementary soldiers. The veteran uses a gun, and the supplementary soldiers use grenades and grenades. They follow my orders and fire together."
"Da da da……"
The light machine gun fired first, and the bullets flew towards the Japanese in the middle of the team, like they had eyes.
The company commander held a box gun in his hand, pointed it at the two Japanese soldiers, and pulled the trigger without letting go.
In the blink of an eye, half the magazine was empty.
Ten bullets flew toward them in a fan shape. Under the cover of night, the flight paths of the bullets were like meteors, which could be seen clearly.
The other veterans aimed at the remaining Japs, and several bullets flew towards the target from different directions at the same time.
Caught off guard and attacked, the Japanese and puppet troops had no time to react.
Gunshots rang out and all five Japanese soldiers were dead, lying in a pool of blood.
At this time, more than a dozen grenades and grenades also appeared above the Japs' heads. In the explosion, the figures of more than a dozen puppet soldiers were instantly submerged in the smoke.
The sound of gunfire here is like a fuse lighting a powder keg.
Before the second round of bullets from the security squad could be fired, the village became lively.
"Da da da... bang bang bang... boom boom..."
Gunshots and explosions immediately rang out and continued continuously.
The Japanese Shaozuo who was guarding outside the village was confused.
From the sounds of the exchange of fire, it can be concluded that the opponent's troops consist of at least one company and are scattered over a large area within fifty meters of the center of the village.
According to his own judgment just now, the main force of the Eighth Route Army has gathered in the west of the city, ready to break out at any time. Even if there are troops in the village, they are only a handful of rear-guard troops, and it is impossible to unleash such fierce firepower.
But the reality is exactly the opposite.
His face quickly turned pale, and he shouted out loud: "No, we have been fooled."
"The Eighth Route Army was not concentrated in the west of the village, it was everywhere."
"The breakout from the west of the village is probably an illusion. Through the breakout, we are forced to attack the village and then fight with us in the streets."
"Da da da... boom boom boom..."
The sound of gunshots and explosions became more and more intense, and the major's expression became more serious.
He stared at the village with a worried look on his face.
I hope someone can rush out quickly and tell me what happened in the village?
"Sir, someone rushed out!"
An infantry squadron leader suddenly shouted.
"Report sir, we have been fooled!" Major was standing guard at the entrance of the village. The other party rushed over in a few seconds. When he saw Major, he gasped and reported.
"The Eighth Route Army ambushed a large number of troops in the center of the village, certainly more than one company, and also used the houses in the village to set up a large number of pocket formations. When we entered, they fought several annihilation battles, and the troops suffered heavy casualties."
"But the Eighth Route Army also suffered heavy casualties."
"Although they have many troops, their combat effectiveness is not strong. They just occupy the terrain advantage."
"So in terms of casualties, we have a tie for now."
"But as the battle lasts longer, we will definitely win in the end with our superior combat effectiveness."
The major had a sullen face and quickly made a decision: "Retreat."
"The troops will withdraw from the village immediately and we will not fight."
"This is obviously a conspiracy. The opponent's combat effectiveness is not strong, and they are obviously local troops. The Eighth Route Army wants to use a small number of main troops and a large number of local troops to engage in street fighting and consume us in large numbers, while the main troops are left to guard the base area. If we pay a huge price to eliminate them here,
On the surface, we have won this battle, but judging from the battle situation, we have indeed lost this battle."
"Because after this battle, we do not have enough troops to attack their base area."
The squadron leader also reacted at this time and shouted out loud: "What a cunning Eighth Route Army. If the commander hadn't warned us, we would have definitely been fooled."
"I will give the order for the attacking troops to retreat now."
"Since their breakout is fake, then we will encircle them instead of attacking them. We will block them in the village and wait for daybreak to bomb them with planes."
"The Eighth Route Army wanted to use street fighting to consume a lot of us, but we failed to meet their wishes and did not give them a chance to succeed."
"Immediately send a signal to order the attacking troops to stop fighting, quickly break away from contact with the Eighth Route Army, cover each other, alternately withdraw from the village, and continue to contain the Eighth Route Army inside."
