"Captain, we seem to have penetrated the Japanese army!" Shen Quan, the first battalion commander, was very excited, but he couldn't believe it was true. Kong Jie was stunned when he saw it.
"There are no Japs in front, they must have been penetrated..." Kong Jie was also shocked.
If he hadn't experienced it himself, he would never have believed that the Independent Regiment had the strength to eat up a full Japanese army...
No, it should be that less than two battalions of troops defeated a large group of Japanese soldiers...
Seeing that the armored vehicles and cavalry companies had begun to divide their forces to chase down the Japanese soldiers, they immediately ordered: "All the first battalion is divided, and we will hunt down the remaining Japanese soldiers in platoon units... The battle will be over within half an hour, and we will come back to clean the battlefield..."
"I took a look just now. Most of the weapons equipped by the Japanese are intact. We must take them all back!"
The two reinforced brigades of the Japanese Fourth Mixed Brigade had received the news that the Yamazaki Brigade had been wiped out. Major General Miyazawa did not waste a minute and turned around and returned to Yangquan after receiving the military headquarters' order to retreat.
But their journey back is more difficult than reinforcing Li Jiapo...
The Eighth Route Army that had blocked them before went crazy and attacked them continuously.
"Your Excellency, General, the Eighth Route Army has too many surprise attacks, and it is difficult to prevent them. I was cautious enough in my humble position, but they still killed a small team with light and heavy machine guns and grenade launchers!" Major Yamada went to Major General Miyazawa for help. Faced with the Eighth Route Army, he was overwhelmed. With his sneak attack methods, he was really powerless to save the day...
Major Jiamu, the captain of the Second Battalion, did not add insult to injury. In the past hour, the Second Battalion was also attacked several times, and there were two long-distance artillery fire attacks. As a result, the casualties of the Second Battalion were even greater than those of the Yamada Battalion. .
He continued with a calm face: "Including the losses on the way to reinforce Li Jiapo, the Second Battalion has lost nearly two hundred imperial troops. If the Eighth Route Army is allowed to continue its unscrupulous sneak attacks, more than half of the Second Battalion will be killed before dawn!"
Major Yamada immediately put forward his own idea: "General, the Eighth Route Army's sneak attacks at night are twice as frequent as during the day, causing us at least twice as many casualties as during the day."
"If we continue marching in the dark, more than half of our troops' casualties will be minor before dawn!"
"I'm worried that after the troops are crippled, the Eighth Route Army will block us in their base area and annihilate them like they did with the Yamazaki Brigade!"
Major Yoshiaki immediately showed an expression of approval: "I think it is very possible that Mr. Yamada will bring it up!"
"Our two brigades, plus the mountain artillery squadron and the guard squadron, originally numbered more than 2,300 people. After continuous battles, the total strength has been reduced sharply to 1,800 people..."
"If the Eighth Route Army uses a large number of heavy machine guns and mortars in the next night attack, it is very likely that another seven to eight hundred people will be lost, and our total force will be reduced sharply to less than a thousand people. We will be very tired, and our overall strength will not be as good as Yamazaki. Team!"
"If I were the commander of the Eighth Route Army, I would definitely make persistent efforts and fight another war of annihilation!"
Major General Miyazawa could no longer calm down.
He didn't take the Eighth Route Army's sneak attacks too seriously before, thinking that guerrilla warfare and mobile warfare were just trivial matters, and that no matter how powerful the ants were, they couldn't shake the elephants.
After listening to his subordinates' analysis, he suddenly realized that he was wrong, and he was completely wrong.
As long as the tactics are used well, the ants can not only shake the elephant, but also swallow the elephant in one bite.
Since receiving the mission to reinforce Li Jiapo, Major General Miyazawa has never considered his own safety.
He felt that the reinforcements were so large that no matter how strong the Eighth Route Army was, they could not threaten their own safety.
As a result, only more than 20 hours have passed since the troops were dispatched, and the number of troops guarding them has dropped sharply from more than 3,000 to 1,800.
Although nothing happened to the Fujiwara brigade and they just returned to Yangquan first to help, they were not by their side after all.
The Eighth Route Army had already proven in Lijiapo that they had the ability to eat up a brigade of the Imperial Army. If they were also targeted, they might really make the same mistake as the Yamazaki brigade.
He frowned and thought for a while before starting to give orders: "You are right!"
"We can no longer be passively beaten!"
"If our total strength is reduced to one thousand, the Eighth Route Army will definitely not let us go easily!"
"I remember there was a village two kilometers ahead...the troops sped up and rushed to the village to set up camp immediately!"
"The troops rely on the village to set up camps and strengthen their vigilance. Not only can they recharge their batteries, but they can also make it more difficult for the Eighth Route Army to sneak attack on us, reduce the frequency of their sneak attacks on us, and reduce the losses of the troops..."
"Wait until daybreak before returning to Yangquan to aid."
"The general is wise!" The two captains wanted this result. They looked happy and complimented at the same time.
On the battlefield of the counterattack against the Fujiwara brigade, Huang Yu drove the armored vehicle back to the road and saw Kong Jie coming towards him with a smile on his face: "You are really awesome, a little devil from the brigade was actually defeated by us in one assault..."
"When I return to the base, I will go to the headquarters in person to ask for your credit..."
"The main thing is that the equipment is good, the time of the unit's assault is chosen well, and other units cooperate properly... Only three armored vehicles can be overwhelming and kill the Japanese!" Huang Yu answered with a humble face.
"If the artillery platoon hadn't disrupted the Japanese artillery squadron and heavy machine gun squadron immediately, asked them to build a temporary defense line, and hit us with mortars, the attack would definitely not have been so smooth!"
"If your luck is even worse, the armored vehicle will be hit by a mortar shell and die here!"
"Bah, bah... what bad words to say... you are the lucky general of our independent group, my lucky star... I can't let anything happen to you even if something happens to me!"
"Let's get down to business. These three armored vehicles are indeed very powerful. Their powerful assault capabilities are stronger than a battalion!"
"If we can get back to the base area, we will encounter a large-scale raid by the Japs in the future. Three armored vehicles will rush towards the Japs defense line... As long as they are not equipped with direct-fire artillery, we can tear open the defense line no matter how strong it is!"
"Do you agree with us bringing the three armored vehicles back to the base?" Huang Yu asked with a look of surprise.
"Didn't I already be convinced by you and the guard Captain Li when I was at the Japs Brigade Headquarters? Why am I so surprised now?" Kong Jie looked at Huang Yu and asked.
Huang Yu explained: "At that time, you were persuaded by us and did not approve of the three armored vehicles in your heart!"
"Now that you are offering to bring three armored vehicles back to the base, it shows that you have recognized their combat effectiveness!"
Kong Jie patted the dent on the protective steel plate of the armored vehicle and sighed: "You don't know if you don't look at it, but you will be shocked when you look at it!"
"After watching the battle just now, I was really shocked by the power of armored vehicles!"
"Not to mention the infantry, even if the cavalry encounters an armored vehicle, they will only be passively beaten?"
"But I don't think it's that easy to get three armored vehicles back to the base!"
"They can only return to the base along the highway... There are three strongholds and two checkpoints blocking the road... The Japanese will never let such good equipment fall into our hands. They will definitely fight to the death to stop it. If they can't be stopped, they will Send out a plane and blow it up at the last minute!”
"Captain, there is a chance to send them back to the base!" Huang Yu thought for a moment and said.
"Uh?" Kong Jie immediately became excited. He stared at Huang Yu and asked, "What's the opportunity? As long as the plan is feasible, the entire independent group can cooperate with you unconditionally!"
"The Japanese don't know that we captured three of their armored vehicles, and they don't believe that we will return the three armored vehicles to the base and equip them ourselves!" Huang Yu thought and analyzed.
Kong Jie nodded in approval: "As usual, when we capture an armored vehicle, we will blow it up as soon as possible!"
"As long as word of the battle hasn't spread, the Japanese won't know about our equipment and use of armored vehicles!"
"Then let's pretend to be little devils and drive three armored vehicles back to the base openly!" Huang Yu began to put forward his own ideas.
"The two brigades of the Fourth Mixed Brigade of the Japanese are still in our base area. We pretend to be the reinforcements of the Fourth Mixed Brigade and head towards the base. The little Japanese we meet along the way will definitely not suspect..."
"If we encounter a kid blocking the road and want to check our identity, we will go straight through the border..."
"But we need cavalry to cooperate when we break through the barrier!"
"Rush to the strongholds and checkpoints along the way in advance, and cut off the strongholds and the outside phone lines!"
"The Japanese couldn't immediately report the news when they noticed something was wrong..."
"The armored vehicles are traveling very fast. They will definitely be able to pass through the next stronghold before they get the news!"
"From here to the base area, it's about seventy kilometers by road!"
"The normal march of armored vehicles can reach 20 to 30 kilometers per hour. If we set off now, we can return to the base area in more than two hours."
"If you spend another half an hour looking for a place to hide the armored vehicles, they will disappear within the base area in three hours at most!"
Chen Quan nodded repeatedly after hearing this, and Huang Yu supported it as soon as he finished speaking.
"I think it's feasible!"
"Captain, Staff Officer Huang's proposal is almost perfect."
"More than three hours later, it wasn't long after the genius started to shine, and it was too late for the Japanese to send a temporary plane!"
"If there is a stronghold that sends troops to intercept and chase armored vehicles, with the firepower of three armored vehicles, they can handle it as long as they don't exceed one squadron!"
"As far as I know, at least two squads of troops are sent to the strongholds and gun towers along the way, which is not likely to threaten the safety of the tanks!"
"What if the Japanese block the armored vehicles by cutting off the road?" Kong Jie asked the last concern in his heart. It was also a test for Huang Yu. Only when he answered this question could Kong Jie truly feel at ease.
"The possibility of the Japanese digging up the road is very low!" Huang Yu analyzed.
"The Japanese are more dependent on roads than we are. The Fourth Mixed Brigade is still in our base area, and they will definitely not do such stupid things as killing eight hundred enemies and losing one thousand to themselves."
"And they don't know about our seizure of armored vehicles, so they have no reason to dig up the road."
"What if?" Kong Jie was not satisfied with the answer and continued to ask.
"If you can detour, take a detour. If you can't detour back to the base, abandon the armored vehicles and go back through the mountain road!"
This is the best answer Kong Jie wants.
No matter how powerful the armored vehicle is, it is not as important as the assault platoon. When in danger, we would rather abandon the armored vehicle to save the troops, and give the order immediately.
"I agree with your plan! If you need any cooperation from the regiment, please feel free to ask!"
