"Captain..."
After a while, a squad leader from the reconnaissance platoon of the second battalion ran towards him and reported from a distance.
"We have a little Japanese sneak attack unit nearby!"
"A team of 10 to 20 people used rifles and grenade launchers to sneak attack us. They then retreated after hitting us, without giving us any chance to counterattack!"
"I understand!" Huang Yu said with a look of sudden realization.
"The Japanese want to imitate our guerrilla warfare, slow down our retreat through sneak attacks, and buy time for their follow-up reinforcements to retaliate against us!"
Kong Jie snorted and said: "Guerrilla warfare is not so easy to learn!"
"You dare to do whatever you want to do in front of the ancestors of guerrilla warfare, and you are not afraid of getting yourself into trouble!"
"Go back and tell your battalion commander that since the little devils want to fight guerrillas against us, then use guerrilla warfare to fight back against them and eat all the little devils who sneak up on us!"
Colonel Nakamura drove all the way and finally saw Colonel Noda, the leader of the follow-up reinforcements.
As if seeing a savior, she held his hands and sighed: "Noda-kun, I finally waited for you!"
"The Independent Regiment is not only cunning and powerful in fighting, but also has heavy artillery to help. My troops suffered from the heavy artillery. As soon as the two sides exchanged fire, the troops were crushed by their heavy artillery and suffered heavy casualties... In the end, they were defeated and had to retreat. Waiting for help here..."
"The participating troops of the Independent Regiment are retreating to their base area, and they have brought a large amount of loot with them. Your troops should attack immediately and directly form a battle formation to kill them, otherwise it will be too late."
Colonel Noda looked at the anxious-looking Colonel Nakamura in front of him and almost didn't recognize him.
They met again in the afternoon.
At that time, Colonel Nakamura was very high-spirited. Except for the division commander and a few officers with higher military ranks than him, he looked down on everyone, and his nose almost turned to the sky.
At this moment, Colonel Nakamura's brows were furrowed and his face was pale, as if he had aged several years in an instant. All his high spirits during the day had disappeared. It was completely impossible to tell that he was the leader of the Nakamura Regiment, with thousands of elites in his hands.
With a worried look on his face, he asked, "Nakamura-kun, how did you do this?"
Colonel Nakamura became even more anxious: "Leave me alone... let the troops launch an attack quickly, otherwise the independent regiment will definitely slip away from under our noses!"
Colonel Noda still did not issue an attack order. He looked at Colonel Nakamura with a confused look on his face: "There is no problem in attacking..."
"But you always want me to know how many people are participating in the independent regiment, where they are distributed now, and how many heavy weapons they have!"
"If you launch an attack rashly, what if the Noda Alliance also falls into the trap?"
Colonel Nakamura quickly introduced: "The independent regiment's participating troops include four to five and the main battalion, as well as a cavalry battalion and a heavy artillery battalion!"
"The latest information sent back by the scouts shows that two to three battalions of troops have returned to the base area with trophies. There are at most three infantry battalions and one cavalry battalion in the southeast of Longgong Village. Apart from mortars and heavy machine guns, there are no other Heavy weapons!"
"I sent a reinforced squadron to sneak attack them and slow down their march..."
"Launching an attack now will definitely catch them off guard!"
"You won't get anything if you wait any longer!"
Colonel Noda's face immediately became extremely serious: "Nakamura-kun... are you sure there is nothing wrong with the enemy situation report just now!"
"I dare to guarantee my military honor...Noda-kun, don't hesitate anymore, give the order quickly!" Colonel Nakamura answered without hesitation.
Colonel Noda immediately looked at his subordinate captains: "The heavy artillery brigade established positions on the spot!"
"If you discover the heavy artillery battalion of the Independent Regiment, fight back immediately and destroy it at all costs!"
"The cavalry brigade is on standby, looking for opportunities to eliminate the independent regiment cavalry battalion."
"The three infantry brigades immediately deployed into battle formation, attacked and advanced, heading straight for the blockade..."
"Kill me..."
On the top of the only remaining gun tower in the Longgong Village stronghold, Kong Jie still stayed here without retreating.
In his own words, as the leader of the independent regiment, he should be the last one to withdraw to the base area due to circumstances and reasons. This has also been his fighting style.
"Commander...the Japanese reinforcements are coming..." Zhang Dashan, the cavalry battalion commander, suddenly rode over on a fast horse to report.
"An infantry regiment, a heavy artillery brigade, a cavalry brigade... plus the nearly two thousand little Japs who escaped from our hands, there are more than six thousand Japs in total!"
"How about we pull out the tiger's teeth, kill one more time, and then withdraw to the base!"
"Feeling itchy again?" Kong Jie asked with a smile.
Seeing Zhang Dashan scratching his head in embarrassment, Kong Jie laughed and cursed on the spot.
"Among all the troops participating in the battle tonight, your cavalry battalion has achieved the greatest results. I'm still not satisfied..."
"The request for a fight is rejected!"
"From now on, the cavalry battalion will be used as scouts to keep an eye on the little devil's follow-up reinforcements..."
"Come back and report immediately if there is any situation!"
"Without my order, the cavalry battalion must not take the initiative to attack the Japanese, otherwise military law will be engaged!"
Zhang Dashan left angrily, and Shen Quan, the commander of the first battalion, suddenly proposed: "Captain!"
"As long as the infantry and cavalry don't fight the Japanese, they won't be able to take advantage of us."
"How about I take the mortar company and meet them!"
"Although the Japs brought more than a dozen heavy artillery, if they were used to fight guerrillas, the heavy artillery would not be as effective as mortars!"
"Didn't we just capture more than a thousand artillery shells? They belong to the Japs anyway, so it doesn't hurt to shoot them all!"
"If we can use them to kill hundreds more little devils, we will definitely not suffer a loss!"
Kong Jie was moved, but still a little hesitant.
The Japanese's follow-up reinforcements not only brought a heavy artillery brigade, but also three mortar squadrons, three infantry artillery squads, and more than forty artillery pieces of various calibers.
If any troops were targeted by Japanese artillery during the bombardment, it would be a bit of a loss.
Besides, the Independent Regiment has won a complete victory tonight, achieving the greatest results at the smallest cost. There is no need to risk the lives of so many gunners.
Huang Yu suddenly interjected: "Captain, I just analyzed the strategy proposed by Commander Shen in my mind... The success rate is as high as 80%, I think there is a clue!"
"And if we want to fight, we will fight a big war, and give the Japanese reinforcements an unforgettable lesson!"
"The mortar companies of the 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 battalions are still here. There are a total of thirty mortars in the five mortar companies. Each gun has ten shells. They are fired in two batches, specifically to attack areas with a large number of Japanese soldiers. Fire at the location and move when the shooting is over!"
"If three hundred rounds of artillery shells are fired, no matter how bad the result is, five or six hundred Japs can be killed... half of the infantry brigade is just gone!"
"No, an infantry brigade should have been defeated by us!"
"Although there are more than a thousand Japanese infantry brigade, there are only seven or eight hundred real combat soldiers. The rest are all artillerymen, heavy machine gunners, and heavy equipment!"
"The ones we bombed were basically riflemen. Killing five to six hundred people basically made an infantry brigade lose its combat effectiveness!"
Huang Yu's analysis instantly dispelled all Kong Jie's concerns, and he immediately made a decision: "Then we'll kill hundreds more of them!"
"Assign an infantry company to protect each artillery company. After the attack, we will retreat to the base. I will wait here for their success report!"
After Colonel Noda reunited with the remnants of the Nakamura Regiment, he followed closely behind his three brigades and headed straight for the battlefield.
As a result, the troops ran more than a thousand meters without encountering a soldier from the independent regiment, which made him happy in vain.
The way he looked at Colonel Nakamura changed, and he felt that he was deceiving him.
Colonel Nakamura was also very anxious.
If the Noda Alliance does not fight against the independent regiment, it will not be able to avenge its great revenge, and will eventually become the laughing stock of the entire division.
While moving forward, I prayed: The independent regiment will come out quickly, even if the Noda Alliance suffers a small loss, it will not be wiped out.
"Boom, boom, boom..." A series of explosions suddenly sounded in front of them, fire splashed, and violent explosions and screams were everywhere.
Colonel Nakamura was overjoyed and thought his prayer had worked. Looking at Colonel Noda, he said seriously: "We are at war with the main force of the independent group. Let's kill them quickly and hang together with them... Only then will we have a chance to eat." Drop them!"
Colonel Noda was much calmer. Without answering Colonel Nakamura's words, he raised his telescope and looked towards the location of the explosion. After more than ten seconds, he gave the order: "The troops continue to move forward..."
"The mortar squadrons of each brigade established positions on the spot, found the artillery positions of the independent regiments, and fired directly to destroy them!"
"Notify the heavy artillery brigade...the main force of the independent regiment has not withdrawn yet!"
"Let them be on standby at any time to take out the heavy artillery positions exposed by the independent regiment!"
More than 300 gunners rushed out from the attacking force. They set up the cannons, measured the cannons, and people put fuses on the cannonballs. It looked messy and busy, but it was very orderly.
"Everything..."
The artillery position directly in front of Colonel Noda opened fire first. Twelve shells were wrapped in flames and pushed out of the barrel, drawing a beautiful arc in the air and flying towards the target...
A few seconds later, a burst of fire erupted from the target position, and another two or three seconds passed before the sound of the explosion of artillery shells reached Colonel Noda's ears...
"Everything..."
Two other mortar positions also joined the battle. After a while, the five artillery positions of the Independent Regiment were covered by artillery fire. There were fireballs rising into the sky and billowing smoke rising...
But there was not a single Eighth Route Army soldier in the fierce artillery fire, not even a mortar.
Colonel Noda didn't know all this. He only knew that as soon as his artillery fired, the attacking troops would no longer be bombed. He subconsciously felt that his artillery counterattack was effective.
Unexpectedly, more than thirty mortars in front of me were all blown up.
The opponent had already moved a few hundred meters away with his mortar, preparing to cover the Japanese with a second round of artillery fire.
Colonel Nakamura's thoughts were similar to Noda's. In order to allow Noda's team to continue attacking, he immediately complimented: "Noda-kun..."
"The artillery won the first battle... Without the artillery, the independent regiment will become a bunch of lambs waiting to be slaughtered, and they can be killed as much as they want!"
"I suggest that the troops immediately speed up the attack, use the fastest speed to fight with the main force of the independent regiment, and annihilate them all."
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