"Captain, we won!" When there were still some sporadic gunshots on the battlefield, Hong Linfeng had already rushed over and shouted excitedly.
"Except for a few wounded Japanese soldiers on the mountain who are still fighting against the enemy, there are no organized Japanese and puppet troops."
Li Hao's expression was calm. He had expected this result.
In order to prepare for this battle, I had emptied all the money of the garrison regiment, and there were still so many heavy artillery pieces to participate in the battle. If I couldn't win the battle, I would not be the commander of the regiment.
Looking at Hong Linfeng, he asked calmly: "Are there many casualties among the troops?"
"It's big!" The smile on Hong Linfeng's face disappeared, and then a flash of sadness quickly flashed across his face.
After a moment of silence, he replied: "The casualties during the attack were very small. The soldiers are becoming more and more skilled in the use of infantry and artillery coordination. When encountering obstruction on the battlefield, they use artillery bombardment."
"On the contrary, the number of casualties significantly increased when the remnants of the Japanese and puppet troops were eliminated. The old Japanese who formed the independent mixed brigade were too ruthless and would not give up resistance as long as they still had breath. A group of wounded soldiers and stragglers just caused us heavy casualties."
"I went to the guard camp. During the two-hour continuous battle, their participating troops were reduced by at least half. Now there are less than 200 people who can still move."
The guard battalion's combat effectiveness ranks third in the entire regiment. They suffered such heavy casualties. The situation of other units must be worse.
Thinking of this, Li Hao's face became more and more solemn, he clenched his fists and ordered decisively.
"We must retreat immediately and get out of here!"
"The reinforcements of the Japanese and puppet troops are still on their way over. This is the only foundation left in the garrison. They are the seeds for our future recovery of strength. We must not suffer any more losses."
"Therefore, the troops must avoid fighting with Japanese and puppet reinforcements again."
"We have killed the Watanabe Regiment, and we still have the trump card of heavy artillery. Nakata Yamaro will definitely order the withdrawal of troops and end this counter-mopping up."
"We have already won this battle, there is no need to continue to die."
A look of solemnity also flashed across Hong Linfeng's face, and he immediately replied: "Captain, I will arrange the retreat now."
Li Hao nodded and ordered: "Take away whatever you can from the battlefield, bury whatever you can't take away, and blow it up into scrap metal if you can't bury it."
"The Japanese will definitely not bring scrap metal back. After they leave, we will come back to clean up the battlefield and recycle the waste."
At the Japanese independent mixed brigade headquarters, the chief of staff stumbled in, his face pale. His mouth trembled when he saw the brigade commander, but he couldn't say a word!
"Did something happen to the Watanabe Wing?" Nakata Yamaro stared closely at the Chief of Staff and asked with the last glimmer of hope.
"The entire army was destroyed..."
The chief of staff spoke very slowly and in a low voice, but it was shocking.
The war room seemed to freeze for an instant. Everyone showed a shocked expression, stopped what they were doing, and looked at themselves.
The already solemn atmosphere was now so overwhelming that everyone couldn't breathe.
Nakata Yamaro's reaction was even more exaggerated.
His hope of promotion through this battle was shattered, his face instantly turned pale, and he slumped down in his chair with a look of despair.
In just a few seconds, he seemed to have aged several years.
A battle that everyone had high hopes for was defeated in his own hands. As the direct planner and commander of this battle, he must bear an unshirkable responsibility.
If you cannot give a reasonable explanation for the above, your military career will definitely be over.
Nakata Yamaro sat there, feeling like he was in over his head, fighting fiercely, racking his brains to think of a solution.
He still has a bright future and doesn't want to be refrigerated.
I don’t know how long it took, but a trace of murderous aura slowly emanated from my body. Then I stood up from my seat, walked to the sand table, and shouted with murderous aura: "The defense team doesn’t want me to have an easy life. Those who kill us, kill me."
I won’t let them have an easy military career.”
"General, think twice!"
The chief of staff subconsciously thought that the brigade commander would continue to fight, and quickly advised him.
"The garrison is equipped with twelve heavy artillery pieces. Even if all the troops are destroyed in the attack on the Watanabe Regiment, those artillery pieces will still be enough to severely damage us on the battlefield."
"Especially at night, without aircraft support, facing these heavy artillery, we can only be beaten passively, without even a chance to fight back."
"The Watanabe Regiment was completely destroyed, and the Yamamoto Regiment was severely damaged. For this battle, our independent mixed brigade has suffered more than half of its casualties, including the heavy artillery brigade. If there are any more losses, the troops will really be wiped out.
"
Nakata Yamaro replied with a strong murderous intention: "Chief of Staff, don't worry, I am not stupid enough to let the troops carry heavy artillery."
"There was no point in being blown up in the end."
"Order, the frontline offensive troops will retreat immediately and end the sweep."
"The remaining two mopping up troops will immediately send out two reinforcement teams, equipped with a certain number of heavy mortars, and bring radios to form four assassination commandos. I will use them to destroy the garrison headquarters and kill the garrison regiment.
Chang Li Hao."
"I have studied that the garrison can develop and grow in the imperial army's attacks again and again. The leader of the regiment, Li Hao, is very important and can be called the soul of the garrison."
"As long as we kill him, the combat effectiveness and morale of the garrison will drop, and it will be easy for the imperial army to eliminate them."
"They just finished fighting the Watanabe Regiment, and they must have suffered heavy casualties."
"With the Eighth Route Army's consistent combat style, they will definitely move and retreat with the wounded, so they cannot retreat faster."
"The two main forces retreated with great fanfare. We must let the garrison know, confuse them, and make them feel confident and bold to continue the withdrawal."
"The assassination commando team separated from the main force under the cover of night, found the moving garrison, followed them, and determined their specific hiding location after dawn."
"I will contact the aviation force to support us and bomb their base under the guidance of the assassination commandos."
"The assassination commandos must keep a close eye on the garrison headquarters."
"If the plane bombing doesn't kill him, they will come and kill Li Hao at all costs.
Assassinating enemy commanders is a common method used by the Special High School, and it has always been shameful for soldiers like them.
Therefore, although the special high-level classes have great power, they are not very popular in the military, and senior commanders with backgrounds like Nakata Yamaro look down upon them.
But now, Nakata Yamaro has actually used what he calls a vulgar assassination method.
It only proves one thing: the brigade leader was forced into a panic.
In order to preserve his military career and eliminate his opponents, he has reached the point where he has resorted to anything.
The chief of staff stared at the brigade commander with his eyes wide open. He thought he had heard wrongly and was confused for a long time without reacting.
"BaGeYaLu, what are you still stunned for? Didn't you hear the order I just gave?"
Regardless of what the chief of staff thought, Nakata Yamaro sternly cursed.
At this moment, he has only one thought in his mind: kill his opponent at any cost and save his military career!
On a mountain road less than five kilometers away from the battlefield, a troop was marching along the winding mountain road at a very slow speed.
At least half of the soldiers were carrying stretchers, and of the remaining half, except for one third who was scouting and guarding around the troops, the rest were all carrying ammunition.
During the attack on the Watanabe Regiment, the garrison regiment used up all the ammunition in its inventory.
When retreating, you can keep whatever you capture, but you must take ammunition with you.
Without ammunition, the gun in your hand will turn into a fire stick, and you won't even have the chance to return the gun when you encounter the Japanese.
So even though everyone was very tired, everyone still carried an ammunition box on their shoulders, including bullets, grenades and artillery shells.
Under this situation, Li Hao couldn't speed up his march even if he wanted to.
