"Sir, let's go this way. The Eighth Route Army doesn't seem to be following us..." the second lieutenant who was protecting Aoi Shaozuo reminded him as he ran.
Under the cover of the guard captain, the armored platoon's attention was easily attracted, but there were only a dozen guards left around Aoi Shaozuo, who left the road and focused on running along the mountain road.
"Just retreat in the direction you said... faster!" Aoi Shaozuo said with a frown, his face was very ugly, he thought for a moment and continued to ask.
"How many of the reinforcements successfully broke through?"
"Less than two squadrons, break out in squad units. Our teams are everywhere on both sides!" said the second lieutenant.
"Baga!" Aoi Shaozuo clenched his fists and cursed in frustration: "Nearly a thousand imperial troops were killed and wounded more than half in a single surprise attack... I have never been so frustrated after fighting for so long... It's simply... What a disgrace!"
"Sir, calm down!" the second lieutenant quickly comforted.
"Victory or defeat is a matter of course for a soldier... There is a saying in China: As long as we keep the green hills, we will not be afraid of running out of firewood... As long as we successfully break through, we can one day make a comeback and defeat the Eighth Route Army that just attacked us!"
Aoi Shaozuo was silent for a while before replying: "I hope so..."
"Our retreat speed must be accelerated... We must not let the Eighth Route Army cavalry target us again..."
Dozens of people ran forward quickly for two to three hundred meters. When the Eighth Route Army could no longer be seen behind them, all the Japanese took a deep breath at this moment, feeling that they had escaped.
"Da da da... bang bang bang..."
A burst of gunfire suddenly rang out from their flank. Although the hail of bullets flying over was not dense, the accuracy was very high because the shooting distance was very close.
Eighty or nine of the twenty or so Japs were knocked down in an instant. The surviving Japs immediately lay down and wanted to raise their guns to fight back, but their opponents did not give him this chance.
"Rumble..."
More than a dozen grenades fell from the sky and exploded next to the Japanese.
In the splashing fire, eight or nine more Japanese were blown over and lay motionless on the ground.
"Comrades...kill...the battle merits cannot be taken away by the armored platoon and the cavalry company...kill the little Japs in front..." A loud shout suddenly rang out where the gunshots were fired, and more than thirty soldiers jumped from their hiding spots. He stood up and rushed towards the Japanese with his gun in hand.
Aoi Shaozuo quickly glanced around.
Of the twenty or so subordinates, only six or seven were left to continue fighting. The others were dead or injured, and all fell in a pool of blood.
Looking at the opponent again, the line of skirmishers is like a semi-encirclement circle, quickly wrapping around him, and it is definitely impossible to escape.
With a cruel heart, he drew out his command knife and faced the opponent.
"Warriors...the enemy has too many troops...you will definitely not be able to escape, so fight them!"
"The Imperial Army of the Japanese Empire will die on the offensive... kill them all..."
Aoi Shaozuo took the lead and rushed to the front of the team, heading straight for the Eighth Route Army platoon leader holding a submachine gun.
When the two sides were still more than ten meters apart, a sneer suddenly flashed across the platoon leader's face. Aoi Shaozuo looked surprised. Before he could react, the submachine gun held in front of his chest roared.
The hail of bullets swept towards him, and the distance was too close. Aoi Shaozuo had no way to hide, and three bloody holes were punched in his chest in an instant...
He didn't even have time to scream, and fell into a pool of blood.
"Commander Huang, the Japs reinforcements were defeated by our armored platoon and cavalry company... We won this battle!" Duan Yong, the guard battalion commander, was stunned. He didn't expect that nearly a thousand Japs could be defeated so easily.
Huang Yu seemed to have known this scene for a long time, his expression was very calm, and he replied while watching: "Defeat is only the first step!"
"The assault company and the guard battalion all attack, with the platoon as a unit, and cooperate with the cavalry company to hunt down the remaining Japs on the battlefield..."
The three companies are like three sharp arrows, powerful as a broken bamboo!
All kinds of good news continued to reach Huang Yu's ears.
"Commander Huang...the assault company encountered three groups of Japs and wiped them all out..."
"Commander Huang, the guards encountered four little Japs in one company, and the victory was more than that of an infantry squad..."
"Commander Huang...the Second Company of Guards has killed more than fifty Japanese in a row..."
"Commander Huang, good news...great news...the Guard Company just killed the Japanese captain..."
Huang Yu's face was already happy.
The armored platoon and the cavalry company were overwhelming. Wherever they passed, the Japanese on the road were either defeated or eliminated...
At a glance, the number of corpses of Japanese soldiers lying on the road was not much less than 200...
These Japanese were all massacred by armored platoons.
More Japanese fell down on both sides of the road. Basically, they died under the sabers of the cavalry company. There were also two to three hundred people...
Since the attack by the assault company and the guard battalion, more than 150 Japanese have been killed, including their team leader...
After this calculation, there should be only about three hundred stragglers who have lost their command around the battlefield...
If the troops continue to attack, it shouldn't take long to kill them all.
"Xiao Huang... Listen to the gunfire, the battle here seems to be almost over!" Captain Kong Jie suddenly appeared behind Huang Yu. Seeing him was like seeing a gold ingot, his eyes were shining and his mouth was happy. I almost couldn’t close my mouth from ear to ear...
"Hello, Captain..." Huang Yu guessed that the main force of the regiment had captured Jinzhong when he saw Kong Jie, so he asked quickly.
"Will there be many casualties if we attack Jinzhong?"
"You should ask Shen Quan about this!" Kong Jie said with a smile!
"His direct participation in the battle is more convincing than my words!"
"Don't worry, Staff Officer Huang, the casualties of the attacking troops will be very small!" Shen Quan answered with a smile.
"Thanks to the ammunition we captured in the Battle of Xingling..."
"One battalion of mortars fired more than 500 shells during the battle... The Japanese and puppet troops suffered heavy casualties in the city. They did not even dare to fight back. They all huddled behind the city to avoid the bombardment..."
"Two mountain cannons stared at the city gate and blasted it... four or five rounds of shells destroyed the city gate... covering the siege troops and rushed into Jinzhong in one go!"
"The regiment leader asked us to fight steadily after entering the city. Don't be anxious. We will not let the infantry fight for our lives against enemies that can be destroyed with artillery shells..."
"After we entered the city, we were bombarded with artillery fire all the way, and we encountered almost no resistance."
"It only took half an hour to capture the Japanese headquarters in Jinzhong...very fast..."
"I have been fighting for so long. This is the first time I fire at the enemy. I don't take the shells seriously. I can shoot as many as I want!"
"Only two companies were used in the siege...the first company lost one platoon, and the second company lost two squads..."
"After taking five squads from the recruit company to replenish the troops, all three companies are on the way back to full strength!"
"The morale of the soldiers is also very high... As long as the regiment commander gives the order, it will be no problem to fight another big battle!"
Kong Jie then said: "The losses of other troops are similar..."
"There is a regiment of Japanese devils in the remaining troops in Jinzhong. It will definitely be no problem to capture five to six hundred people..."
"I have already made an agreement with the chief of staff... After the battle, we will dispatch political cadres to mobilize the prisoners to join the independent regiment..."
"Based on past experience, it will definitely be no problem to recruit more than a hundred new recruits!"
"Even if we can't make up for all the losses in our siege battle, it's not much different!"
"The Jinzhong Arsenal was also taken down!"
"I haven't had time to go in yet, but I heard the captives mentioned something..."
"The weapons and ammunition inside have been emptied a lot, but there are still more than a thousand boxes of various ammunition... There must be bullets and shells we urgently need!"
"Don't you want to capture Taiyuan Airport before dawn? I brought the artillery company directly under the regiment and three mortar companies..."
"It should be possible to cover all the air defense positions around the airport with a single salvo, cover the infantry and armored platoons to enter the airport, and destroy the artillery shells and all aircraft!"
Huang Yu was very excited...
The greater the results of the main force of the regiment in Jinzhong and the smaller the losses, the greater the destruction caused by the independent regiment in Taiyuan, and the greater the intensity of support for the base area.
Immediately followed Kong Jie's report: "Captain...Taiyuan sent nearly a thousand Japanese to reinforce Jinzhong..."
"They did not carry heavy weapons. I copied the tactics used to raid the Japanese reinforcements in Yangquan..."
"The armored platoon made a surprise attack and penetrated the Japs' team. The cavalry company covered up and defeated the Japs. The guard battalion and the assault company expanded their results. Nearly 600 Japs have been eliminated... The remaining 300 Japs can be almost killed in half an hour at most!"
Kong Jie was shocked and surprised. He didn't expect that Huang Yu could surprise him here!
The cavalry company, the assault company, and the two companies of the guard battalion...the total strength is less than 600 people.
There are nearly a thousand reinforcements coming from Taiyuan. Even if they are not equipped with heavy weapons, they are still nearly a thousand fully armed little devils.
Huang Yu not only blocked them with the weak defeating the strong.
He also inflicted heavy wounds on them, almost annihilating them all.
Kong Jie really wanted Huang Yu to continue the fight, expand the results, and eliminate all the remaining three hundred Japanese, but he decided to stop after looking at his watch, frowning and reminding: "It will be dawn in three hours..."
"It's important to go to the airport... let's forget about the hundreds of remaining soldiers here..."
"Don't lose the watermelon and pick up the sesame seeds, or you'll be in big trouble!"
Huang Yu shook his head and explained: "Captain, I think these little devils are not Sesame!"
"If the troops keep up their efforts, we can kill them all in half an hour at most!"
"If we let them escape back to Taiyuan, we won't be able to annihilate them all even if we pay three or four times more!"
"There are a total of three thousand Japs in Taiyuan...more than five hundred people are defending the airport. If all the Japs here are wiped out, the Taiyuan garrison will be reduced to 1,500!"
"If there is a chance, the independent group might have a chance to capture the outer city of Taiyuan..."
"Taiyuan Arsenal is in the outer city...taking the outer city is equivalent to winning the arsenal!"
"The equipment there can not only make guns, but also all kinds of ammunition... Just move a few items back, and the headquarters arsenal will be even more powerful and produce weapons and ammunition by itself!"
Kong Jie had just been shocked by Huang Yu's surprise of severely injuring the Japanese reinforcements, and now he was shocked by Huang Yu's bold idea.
At this moment, he really wanted to crack open Huang Yu's head and study it to find out what was inside!
Not only does he often come up with some unexpected and good ideas for himself, he is also extremely courageous.
Unexpectedly, Xiang used a regiment of troops to attack Taiyuan... and used eggs to touch stones...
If this proposal had been made in the past, Kong Jie would have regarded Huang Yu as a lunatic.
In everyone's perception, Taiyuan has strong fortifications, strong garrison strength, and large numbers of troops. It is impossible to capture the city without a siege force of 30,000 to 40,000 people.
If a regiment of troops goes to attack Taiyuan, they may be completely wiped out by the defenders before they reach the outside of Taiyuan City.
But at this moment, Kong Jie doesn't think Huang Yu is a lunatic...
Huang Yu's calm personality is there and he won't bring up anything he's unsure about.
It is also true that Taiyuan is empty of troops...
With good timing, the Independent Regiment has a high chance of entering the outer city of Taiyuan and capturing the Taiyuan Arsenal.
He decided to take the risk, but the troops had to capture Taiyuan Airport first.
Destroying the airport and destroying the planes will not only protect the base area from air attacks, but the independent regiment can also operate during the day without worrying about bombing by Japanese planes, and the combat effect will definitely be better.
He immediately replied: "If there is a chance to break through the outer city of Taiyuan and capture the Taiyuan Arsenal, I will definitely give it a try!"
"But the top priority now is to capture Taiyuan Airport..."
"If the troops continue to delay here, will it affect our attack on Taiyuan Airport?"
"We can divide our forces into two groups!" Huang Yu suggested.
"The guard battalion is left behind to eliminate the remaining enemies...the cavalry company and the assault company join the main force of the regiment to attack the airport!"
"Get to the target in two hours, prepare for half an hour, and then launch the attack... strive to end the battle within half an hour!"
"Can't we launch an attack as soon as the troops reach the airport? This can save half an hour!" Kong Jie expressed his thoughts.
"A sudden attack can also lead to a surprise attack on the airport defenders. If we prepare to attack half an hour later, the Japanese will be prepared, and the attack will definitely be much more difficult!"
Huang Yu shook his head and objected unexpectedly: "I just want to wait until the Taiyuan defenders are ready before launching an attack!"
"Why?" Not only Kong Jie couldn't understand this answer, but Shen Quan also showed a puzzled expression.
"The airport is too big..." Huang Yu explained!
"A raid on the airport can indeed catch the defenders off guard, but the little devils will also be scattered everywhere..."
"Our troops are limited and it is difficult to end the battle in a short time..."
"If a few fish slip through the net and sneak up on us, the losses to the troops will be huge!"
"The Japanese army knows that we are going to attack the airport, so they will definitely concentrate their forces to defend various positions!"
"By seizing each position, we will wipe out the airport defenders!"
"Commander, don't forget, except for an air defense squadron, the airport defenders only have a few mortars!"
"The number of artillery we equip is several times that of theirs, and we also have armored vehicles to help..."
"The more concentrated their forces are, the easier it is for our artillery superiority to be used..."
Kong Jie understood what he said and suddenly said, "What you said is right!"
"When the enemy changes, we change..."
"Our own equipment level has changed, and the tactics and tactics used to attack the Japanese must also change. We cannot always stick to the old rules and think that a surprise attack is the best for us!"
"Let's fight as Huang Yu proposed!"
"The guard battalion stayed behind to end the fighting and clean the battlefield... The other troops followed me to attack Taiyuan Airport. We will capture Taiyuan Airport before dawn. The troops will set off immediately!"
