Li Hao led the team on a rapid march. As soon as they arrived less than five kilometers away from the station, they ran into the instructor of the Seventh Company who came to greet him with an anxious look on his face.
"Where is your company commander? What happened with the gunfire just now? Didn't you say that we would wait for me to come over and rescue people together? Why did the fight start in advance?" Li Hao was also very anxious and asked anxiously.
There is a powerful enemy at hand, and there is a huge disparity in strength between the enemy and ourselves. A small accident on the battlefield may lead to the complete destruction of the participating troops.
Therefore, please tell me before departure that you must wait until you arrive before calling.
After that, we were marching in a hurry all the way, and there was no time to stop and control the radio. The situation here was not clear at all.
The battlefield is changing rapidly, and anything can happen. If something unexpected happens and the attack is advanced and the attack is not carried out well, the losses to the troops will be great.
The instructor quickly replied: "Report to the commander, our company commander will lead the team to launch an attack on the Japanese and puppet army garrison in advance."
Seeing the regimental leader's face darken immediately, he quickly explained: "It's not that we want to violate the order, it's just that the Japanese are too cunning."
"We all showed up and have been active around the camp, harassing them with guerrilla warfare, but they still killed people."
"Same as before, we killed fifteen people in an hour. In order to prevent the villagers from being killed anymore, the company commander and I decided to launch an attack in advance, and then retreated to Dongzhuang to defend us, attracting the Japanese and puppet troops to surround and annihilate us, creating a situation for the regiment commander.
Opportunity to assault the garrison."
"At first, the Japanese and puppet troops only killed four to five hundred people. There were too many troops left behind at the station. I don't know how the company commander did it. They fought a battle with the Japanese and puppet troops in Dongzhuang, and then the Japanese and puppet troops left the station again.
More than 300 people were transferred."
"Now there are only more than a hundred puppet troops left in the entire garrison. It is the perfect moment for us to attack there."
"I suggest that the regiment commander immediately lead an attack on the Japanese and puppet army garrison, rescue the trapped villagers, and then reinforce our company commander."
"In the battle just now, the puppet troops used all their available artillery. The battle must have been fierce."
"There are only two main platoons in the village, and the others are all local troops and supplementary troops. They must not be opponents of the Japanese."
Li Hao's face looked much better. He frowned and began to give orders: "The troops continue to move forward, speed up the march, and start the assault when they arrive on the battlefield."
"We must rescue every single one of the remaining villagers in the Japanese garrison. We must also rescue the Seventh Company that is surrounded by Zhangzhuang."
"Da da da……"
A series of machine gun fire suddenly sounded next to the station, almost next to the station's defense line.
"Da da da... boom boom boom..."
Immediately afterwards, the station also started firing shots, with a lot of explosions mixed in?
The major was resting in a temporary tent. His eyes were originally squinted, but he opened them as soon as the gunfire rang out. Then he stood up from the chair and rushed towards the tent door.
Under the darkness of night, the flight path of the bullet across the sky was like a shooting star, very dazzling.
Before the sound of the explosion came, the fireballs had already risen on the battlefield and almost all appeared on the defense line of the station.
The Major was confused.
The enemy attacking the station is even equipped with artillery, so it must be the main force, and it is also an elite force.
Aren't the Eighth Route Army troops nearby already surrounded by me? Where did they come from?
Just as he was about to order his subordinates who came over to investigate, a communications soldier rushed over in a hurry.
"Sir, the station was attacked by the Eighth Route Army. At least one of the enemy's reinforced companies was equipped with artillery. The troops left behind at the station suffered heavy casualties. We are requesting reinforcements."
"Are you sure they are the Eighth Route Army?" the major asked, staring closely at the communications soldier.
The communications soldier quickly replied: "I guarantee that they are all wearing Eighth Route Army uniforms and there will be no mistaking them."
The major looked suddenly enlightened and shouted, "I understand."
"The Eighth Route Army is attacking us in the east and west. On the surface, they are attacking us, but in fact they are dragging us here to buy time for their other troops to rescue the hostages."
"I didn't expect that so many people surrounded us in Dongzhuang, and they even hid troops outside."
"It seems that in order to save people, they mobilized all the troops from farther around."
The infantry squadron leader asked with suspicion: "Sir, in this case, the price is too high!"
"In the battle just now, the Eighth Route Army's losses must have been greater than ours, at least two hundred people."
"They also lost a lot of people in the previous attack. The total must be more than 300 people."
The major shook his head and replied: "You don't understand."
"It is precisely because the Eighth Route Army values people's support so much that they can win the support of the people. Every time they are about to be wiped out by us, they resurgence."
"Otherwise, I wouldn't have taken the people hostage and forced them to come out and fight us."
"Then what should we do next?" the squadron leader asked thoughtfully.
"There is only one infantry squad of the Imperial Army left at the station, and the rest are all the Imperial Alliance Army, and there are only more than a hundred people in total. Although the Eighth Route Army attacking them does not have much strength advantage, they are equipped with mortars. If they fight hard, they will stay behind.
The troops are definitely no match."
The major quickly made a decision: "Send a signal to the troops staying at the station now to abandon the station immediately and move to the main force."
"The main force of the Eighth Route Army we want to attack has already arrived, so those hostages have lost their usefulness. There is no need to stay any longer."
"As long as we concentrate our forces and kill the Eighth Route Army surrounding the village, even if the hostages are rescued, we will win this battle."
"And I also have a hunch that after the Eighth Route Army that is attacking our station rescues the hostages, they will definitely not watch the remaining few hundred people in Zhangzhuang being wiped out by us. They will definitely come to Dongzhuang to cover the Eighth Route Army's breakout in the village."
"As long as we can seize the opportunity, we can continue to fight and catch them all in one fell swoop."
"In order to prevent the troops from being attacked from both sides, when the Eighth Route Army stationed there came over, we had enough troops to make dumplings for them, so I decided that we would also attack."
"While they are rescuing the hostages, eliminate more Eighth Route Army troops in the villages."
"The enemy has changed and we have changed. The previous battle plan will also change. We won't wait for dawn for aircraft reinforcements."
"The Eighth Route Army attacked our station, and we attacked Dongzhuang directly. We each attacked each other to see who could beat whom in the end and who would have the last laugh."
"Order, the troops will launch an attack on the village immediately."
"All participating troops must fight steadily and not advance rashly."
"Artillery and heavy machine gun troops will accompany the attacking troops in the attack."
"Use more artillery fire to destroy the positions available to the Eighth Route Army in Zhuangzi little by little and compress their living space."
"The guard, the first heavy machine gun team, and the first mortar team will not participate in the battle. They will set up defenses close to the station and work with the troops retreating from the station to block the Eighth Route Army that may rush over there to buy time for the attacking troops."