"So far in the war, the division has lost two infantry regiments, but it has only captured a few empty county towns and eaten more than 3,000 people from the garrison. It is such a loss."
"After telling the truth about such a victory, I felt embarrassed myself." At this point, a flash of anger clearly flashed across the face of the division commander, and his face turned red as he continued.
"So we must find a way to win a big victory at the last minute and end this battle with dignity."
"Do you know why the Okamoto Regiment has not moved? They are the retreat I left for the entire division."
"Since the garrison is difficult to deal with, we will turn around and deal with the Jinsui Army."
"Chief of Staff, formulate a battle plan immediately, concentrate the Okamoto and Lichuan regiments to attack Datong and reoccupy Datong, a major coal mining town."
The chief of staff's eyes clearly shot out two rays of light.
Compared with the elusive and mysterious garrison, the Jinsui Army, which prefers positional warfare, is obviously easier to deal with.
Immediately replied: "Don't worry, division commander, I will arrange my post now."
On the Niutouling battlefield, artillery fire was raging, with splashing firelight and black smoke rising up everywhere, illuminating the battlefield brightly.
Colonel Nakatani did not break out and was trapped on the mountain with more than a thousand remaining soldiers.
"Sir, the Eighth Route Army's artillery fire is too fierce. We have no positions or trenches. All the troops are exposed on the ground. The casualties are too great." the chief of staff reported with a heartbroken look.
"We can't stay here any longer!" Colonel Nakatani replied solemnly.
"If we continue to let the Eighth Route Army bombard us, more than a thousand of us will be blown up by midnight."
"Since the division commander agrees that we divide our forces to break out, then we will divide our forces to break out. Every one of us who can break out is one person."
"As long as someone returns to Laiyuan alive, our Zhonggu Alliance will not be dead."
"Order, the troops must be assembled immediately and divided into ten groups to prepare for a breakout."
"Artillerymen and heavy machine gunners, shoot out all the ammunition, blow up the weapons, replace them with light infantry weapons, and break out with the troops."
"The chief of staff and several captains will act separately. Each one of them will follow the breakout troops."
"As long as there is a chance to break out of the heavy siege of the garrison and rush out of the mountains, we must return to Laiyuan City in the shortest possible time. Even if we encounter a huge fighter plane on the road, we must not stop. Everything is focused on returning to Laiyuan City safely.
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Li Hao was now on another hill not far from the battlefield. He was holding a telescope and could clearly see every move of the Japanese and puppet troops on the hill.
Hong Linfeng stood nearby with a smile on his face.
The battle went smoother than expected.
In their original battle plan, the scene before them would not occur until at least midnight.
The reason why the battle went so smoothly was because Colonel Nakatani was too anxious.
They were eager to retreat, eager to break out of the encirclement, and then eager to seize the top of the mountain, keeping their men in an offensive state.
Anyone with a little bit of military experience knows that the casualties of attack are greater than those of defense.
In doing so, Colonel Nakatani accelerated the attrition rate of the troops to a great extent.
By midnight, there were only more than a thousand people left in the entire Zhonggu Regiment, more than half of whom were local garrison troops, the Imperial Alliance Army, and technical units.
The shelling by the garrison continued, and the shells flew up the hill like no money, and finally landed and exploded.
The most powerful mortar shells were the heavy mortar shells. The moment the fire splashed, thick black smoke quickly spread to the surroundings. The little Japanese hiding next to the impact point was not spared, and was directly blown away, flying in the sky along with dirt and stones. Finally,
Smashed everywhere.
"Captain, I think the bombardment is almost over and we can let the troops move in." Hong Linfeng reminded.
The shelling was so violent that dozens of mortars fired at the same time, using up hundreds of rounds every minute.
Even if the garrison team has a great cause, it cannot withstand the consumption.
"Fry for a few more minutes!" Li Hao shook his head and denied.
"Except for the first battalion and the cavalry battalion, the entire garrison regiment is still fully staffed. The other main battalions either suffered casualties or more than half."
"We can no longer afford to lose our troops. Every remaining soldier is an elite who came out of the waves and crawled out from the dead. There must be no unnecessary casualties. We can use artillery shells to kill the enemy and never use infantry.
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Hong Linfeng hesitated and reminded: "I'm afraid there is not enough ammunition, especially heavy mortar shells. There are not many, and I will definitely use them after this battle."
"I'll solve it!" Li Hao answered confidently.
The Chongqing Pharmaceutical Factory also hid nearly 100,000 rounds of heavy mortar shells. It would be impossible to use up all the large-caliber mortars equipped by the Eighth Route Army, so Li Hao was not worried at all that the troops would have no available shells.
"No, something is wrong on the top of the mountain..." the observation post suddenly shouted.
"Captain, the little devils on the top of the mountain seem to be trying to break out."
"Then we can't attack anymore..." Li Hao raised the telescope again and replied with murderous intent.
"If the Japanese take advantage of our attack to launch a counter-attack on us, and the enemy and our armies fight together, in the end some enemies will definitely take advantage of the chaos to escape from the encirclement, crawl into the nearby mountains, and escape."
"We can't give the little devil this chance."
"Order: The artillery continues to fire. The offensive troops bring all the light and heavy machine guns and approach the hilltop. Attack thirty meters first, narrow the encirclement, and increase the density of our defensive firepower on the encirclement. If the Japanese break through, use the light and heavy machine guns to attack them head-on and kill them.
Fight back to the top of the mountain and don't give them a chance to break out."
On the battlefield, Colonel Nakatani was among a breakout force, wearing an ordinary soldier's uniform.
Dozens of guards surrounded him, intentionally or unintentionally forming three protective circles inside, outside and inside, protecting the commander of the unit tightly.
Zhonggu held up his binoculars and took advantage of the gap between artillery fire to stare seriously at the Eighth Route Army on the mountainside.
He was waiting for an opportunity to break out of the encirclement of the garrison.
"Sir, the Eighth Route Army on the mountainside has begun to attack." A second lieutenant reminded.
"Order the troops to prepare for a breakout..." Colonel Nakatani immediately became energetic and gave the order seriously.
"No one can move. When the Eighth Route Army comes to kill us, we launch a counterattack, engage them hand to hand, and then take advantage of the chaos to break out of the encirclement."
Zhonggu's breakout plan is undoubtedly the best and has the greatest chance of success.
But he was so unlucky that Li Hao also thought of the breakout plan he had in mind.
Seeing that the offensive troops of the garrison were getting closer and closer to the top of the mountain, Colonel Nakatani's face became more and more serious. He held the command knife tightly. As long as the opponent rushed to the front of the formation thirty meters, he would immediately draw out the command knife and issue a counter-assault order.
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the more you hope, the harder you fall.
Colonel Nakatani's dream only lasted a minute before it was shattered.
"Sir, the Eighth Route Army's offensive troops have stopped and are setting up defense lines in place." The second lieutenant continued to remind, a hint of worry flashed across his face.
"No, we can't wait any longer. The garrison must have seen that we want to break through. Once their new defense line is built, our chances of successfully breaking through will be even slimmer.
"Chichi..." Colonel Nakatani decisively drew out his command sword, raised it and shouted.
"Assault, the troops begin to break through."
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