"Then let's change our approach..." Kong Jie suddenly said.
"Let the ambush troops stand still and wait for the original Jaap forward troops to enter the pocket and launch an attack..."
"Since their rearguard is not trapped, let's attack their forward who just turned around!"
"The guard battalions I brought, the fifth battalion, the sixth battalion... all participated in the battle..."
"After the ambush started, the guard battalion immediately set off and detoured back to the Japanese left wing..."
"The 56th Battalion detoured back to the Japanese right wing and put on a posture that we were going to surround all the Japanese and puppet troops in the middle, so that the Japanese and puppet troops who were not attacked did not dare to return to support the forward troops, forcing their strong men to cut off their wrists and abandon the forward troops in the pocket formation. The troops run away on their own!"
Chen Quan's eyes lit up and he said: "Captain, this way, we will no longer have the pressure of reinforcements. We can concentrate all our firepower and troops on a quick battle and quickly eliminate the Japanese and puppet troops in the pocket formation."
Kong Jie nodded and continued: "Not only must we fight quickly, but we must also send out all the county brigade and local troops that cooperate with the second battalion's operations, and use guerrilla warfare, mine warfare, and mobile warfare to slow down the Japanese army's march as much as possible and prevent them from letting them go." Easily withdraw from our defense area..."
"As soon as the fighting here is over, all the main forces of the regiment will be dispatched to hunt down the Japanese and puppet troops in the middle, trying to keep them all in the base area..."
On the highway, after suddenly receiving an order to turn around and retreat, the Japanese and puppet troops who were marching in a hurry suddenly became a mess. It took five minutes to restore order. The front team became the rear team, and the rear team became the front team, and quickly retreated...
The co-captain was walking in the middle of the team, feeling particularly unhappy...
After paying a huge price, he finally led the troops more than half the way, and was about to reach Ping An, when he surrounded the New Second Regiment and reaped the victory.
Ping'an County was unexpectedly captured by the New Second Regiment. He threw himself into nothing, and the price he had paid on the march was all in vain.
The co-captain was aggrieved and helpless, but he had no choice.
The retreat order of the military headquarters must be implemented, and after the New Second Regiment conquers Ping'an, thousands of fresh troops may reinforce the Independent Regiment at any time and surround themselves in the Independent Regiment's base area.
If we evacuate too late, we may not even be able to save our lives.
Seeing that the troops quickly restored order and marched back along the same route, the commander looked much better and followed the troops to urge their horses to retreat...
“Dong dong dong… da da da…”
A burst of intensive firefight suddenly sounded behind him. The commander turned around and saw dozens of machine gun flames coming out of the mountainside behind him.
"Boom boom boom..."
The sound of explosions reached his ears at the same time, several shells exploded in the middle of the team, and fireballs rose into the sky, looking particularly dazzling under the darkness of night...
"Captain...the rear team was attacked by the Eighth Route Army..." The messenger, riding a war horse, panted and rushed to the commander to report.
"The Eighth Route Army has at least two reinforced battalions, equipped with a large number of heavy machine guns and mortars..."
"More than 600 of us are surrounded, most of them are the Imperial Army, and a small number are the Imperial Alliance Army..."
"The Eighth Route Army's attack firepower was very fierce. Only two hundred of us were killed in just one sudden fire attack..."
Kimura Nakasa on the side became anxious after hearing this...
The rear group is mainly under his command, which means that the troops now being besieged by the Eighth Route Army are all from Kimura's brigade.
If these hundreds of people were wiped out by the Eighth Route Army, Kimura's brigade would be wiped out by half of its strength in an instant.
Immediately call for battle: "Captain of the regiment, I am humble enough to personally lead people to rescue the rear team. We must snatch them out of the mouth of the Eighth Route Army!"
"No... I will also counterattack the Eighth Route Army ambush troops and kill all those Eighth Route Army soldiers who dare to ambush us..."
Just as the captain was about to nod, he saw a lieutenant running toward him with a panic face: "Sir... we found a reinforced battalion of the Eighth Route Army on the left, equipped with a large number of heavy machine guns and mortars, and are outflanking us..."
Before the captain could react to the shock of the news, he saw another second lieutenant hurriedly running to him, panting and reporting: "Sir... there are also Eighth Route Army activities on our right wing..."
"There are at least two battalions of troops, equipped with a large number of mortars and heavy machine guns, and they are also outflanking us..."
The more the commander listened, the more shocked he became. Before he could answer the question, the adjutant said hurriedly: "Sir..."
"The independent group obviously wants to surround us here and annihilate us...but do they have such a big appetite?"
The captain was silent for a while before answering: "The independent regiment alone does not have the strength to eat us in one bite, but it is still no problem to surround us."
"If the main force of the new second regiment attacking Ping An rushes over and kills us, our opponent will change from one regiment to two regiments, and that will be a disaster..."
"Immediately contact the troops surrounded by the Eighth Route Army and let them break out of the encirclement on their own and march quickly to catch up with us..."
"We continue to move forward. We must leave here before the Eighth Route Army completes the encirclement. The faster the march, the better!"
After hearing this, Lieutenant Commander Kimura became anxious: "Sir, think twice..."
"That's a force of more than 500 people! Even if 200 people die in battle, there will still be more than 300 people."
"The Eighth Route Army surrounding them has at least a thousand men, equipped with a large number of light and heavy machine guns and mortars. If we let them break out on their own, wouldn't it mean giving up on them?"
"You give me two squadrons, and I promise to break through a gap as quickly as possible and cover them to break out of the encirclement!"
"Confused..." the captain cursed.
"There are at least three reinforced battalions of the Eighth Route Army around us that are outflanking us. If the troops delay here for one more minute, they may be surrounded by the independent group here, and they will be unable to leave if they want to!"
"I am also heartbroken to abandon more than 300 troops at once, but we have to take the overall situation into consideration. We cannot trap the remaining 2,000 people here for the sake of more than 300 troops..."
"You can decide for yourself what is more important. If you still can't figure it out, don't be the captain. Just go down and become the captain..."
"Execute the order. If anyone mentions the rescue of the rear team to me again, military law will be engaged..."
As soon as the main force of the Japanese and puppet troops withdrew from the enemy headquarters in front of the Independence Regiment, the news reached Kong Jie's ears.
Chen Quan's face suddenly lit up with joy: "As soon as the main force of the Japanese and puppet troops escapes, the Japanese and puppet troops in the pocket array will become ours, and we can eat them as much as we want!"
"Captain, I will personally go to the front line and try to end the battle within twenty minutes."
Kong Jie nodded and ordered: "When the battle is over, gather the troops immediately... All the lightly and seriously wounded will be left to clean the battlefield. The other soldiers will give up all their baggage and only carry weapons and ammunition to hunt down the Japanese and puppet troops together!"
"I will lead the guard battalions, the third battalion, the fifth and sixth battalions... to pursue them first..."
"The troops are firmly behind the Japanese and puppet troops. If they stay behind, the pursuing troops will immediately divide their forces to surround the troops behind them, and the others will continue to pursue them!"
"I want to cut the giant Japanese puppet army in the middle into dozens of pieces, just like cutting meat. Then I will break them one by one and eat them one bite at a time..."
The commander of the regiment had been running with more than 2,400 people for more than 20 minutes when a scout from behind caught up with him: "Sir, there are at least 2,000 Eighth Route Army troops following us..."
"The Eighth Route Army's battle to ambush our rear team is over. They should be able to gather more than a thousand people to hunt us down..."
The commander of the regiment took a breath and said: "There are more than 3,000 Eighth Route Army troops, and the Independent Regiment is really willing to spend money to trap us..."
"Thankfully we retreated in time, otherwise these more than 3,000 Eighth Route Army troops would have surrounded us on the battlefield just now!"
At this moment, the messenger of the forward troops also ran over: "Sir... we found a large number of Eighth Route Army figures in front of the team... The strength of the troops is unknown, but it must be more than 500 people..."
"We are destroying roads, laying mines, and slowing down our march..."
"There are interceptors in front and pursuers behind... The independent regiment really wants to contain us here!" the captain of the company sighed with a stern face.
The adjutant suddenly suggested: "Sir, we must send people to the rear to slow down the pursuit of the independent regiment..."
"Otherwise they will definitely take advantage of our slowing down speed and outflank us from both sides!"
"Another captain answered: The Eighth Route Army is attacking us in front, and the marching speed of the troops will inevitably slow down..."
"If the pursuers of the independent regiment take the opportunity to attack, our risk of being surrounded here will definitely increase exponentially!"
"Sending troops to the rear to block the pursuit of independent regiments is the best way to reduce this risk..."
"Sir, please make up your mind as soon as possible!"
The captain was not a procrastinator and made a decision immediately: "Deploy a reinforcement team from your army, and then transfer two companies from the Imperial Alliance Army to gather 300 people to establish a blocking position on the spot to block the independent regiment's pursuing troops... …”
"No one can take a step back without my order!"
As soon as the commander of the regiment issued this order, it meant that the rear troops he had just named were abandoned again.
But this time no one raised any objections.
In order to preserve the main force, the troops must be brave enough to cut off their wrists when it is time to do so. They must not procrastinate, otherwise they will only lose a lot more troops.
Moreover, most of the troops left behind by the commander were from the Imperial Alliance Army, and his subordinates had no reason to object.
In the middle of the pursuit force of the Independent Regiment, Kong Jie did not do anything special just because he was the leader of the regiment. He moved forward on his legs like an ordinary soldier...
"Captain...the little devil has divided more than 200 Japanese and puppet troops into the rear...how many people should we use to hold them back!" The correspondent of the third battalion ran all the way to Kong Jie and asked.
"How many Japs are there, how many puppet troops are there, and are they equipped with heavy weapons?" Kong Jie asked as he ran.
"One reinforced squad of Japs, two companies of puppet troops, equipped with a mortar and a heavy machine gun!" the correspondent reported.
"It's enough to divide them into two companies. First, use firepower to suppress them and trap them in the blocking position..."
"Other troops bypassed the Japanese rear troops and continued to hunt down the main force of the Japanese and puppet troops!"
"Please don't run too fast, keep your speed, keep your strength, the Japanese and puppet troops can't run away..."
"There are more than a thousand local troops blocking the road ahead, which will definitely slow down the march of the Japanese and puppet troops!"
"At that time, we will be able to wait for work, severely attack the Japanese and puppet troops, and completely keep them in our base area."
