More than 300 little Japs tried their best to attack forward. The captain suddenly led more than 30 Japs and surrounded Major General Ikeda: "General, a frontal assault is too dangerous. I will let them cover your breakout from the flanks, and I will lead the troops from the front." Attack forcefully, attract the enemy's attention, and you can take advantage of the chaos to evacuate the battlefield."
After finishing speaking, Major General Ikeda, without waiting for objection, ordered the lieutenant aside: "I will leave the safety of the brigade commander to you."
"Protect the brigade commander at all costs to evacuate the battlefield and join the reinforcements. It will be safe."
"Execute the order and leave now!"
Major General Ikeda originally wanted to refuse, but the guards surrounding him received the death order and did not give him a chance to refuse. They held him on the left and right and ran towards the flank of the battlefield.
After arranging the brigade commander's escape route, the captain's only worries were gone. He drew out his command knife without hesitation, held the handle of the knife with both hands, and rushed forward with his subordinates.
If you want to cover the brigade commander's safe withdrawal from the battlefield, the frontal attack must be as powerful as possible.
Only if he personally leads the attack can he inspire the soldiers' fighting will to the greatest extent and allow everyone to charge harder.
The greater the defensive pressure of the Eighth Route Army ahead, the other Eighth Route Army will focus on themselves, and the brigade commander will have the opportunity to break out of the encirclement.
"Pah, pah, pah..."
The submachine guns equipped by the special operations team kept firing. A group of three special operations personnel retreated while fighting.
Before the bullets in the three magazines were all used up, three special forces members from the second row had already joined the battle and continued to use firepower to slow down the Japanese and puppet troops' breakout speed.
"Pah, pah, pah..."
The two special operations detachments that detoured back to the Japanese flank joined the battle in time. The number of submachine guns firing simultaneously on the battlefield instantly reached nine. The casualties of the Japanese and puppet troops increased suddenly, and the breakout speed also slowed down a lot.
"Bang bang..."
Two rifle shots suddenly rang out in the woods behind the submachine gunners. Under the cover of the submachine gun fire, no one noticed.
The Japanese captain who was hiding in the middle of the breakout force fell to the ground. A bloody hole was drilled into his forehead and chest at the same time. There was no movement on the spot.
The captain died, the Japanese morale dropped significantly, and the assault speed was much slower than before.
The guerrilla brigade happened to be in place to outflank the enemy, and the artillery company also sent several mortars over. In a short time, more than a hundred Japanese remaining on the battlefield were wiped out.
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Fortunately for the leader of the Japs Brigade, in the chaotic battlefield, all the Eighth Route Army focused their attention on the more than 300 Japs who were breaking through the encirclement, and no one noticed them.
Using the cover of shrubs and trees, he managed to escape from the battlefield, spread his legs and ran towards the reinforcements.
"General, why are you here, mopping up the troops in the middle?" Ishii Shaozuo commanded the mopping up the troops on the right. Looking at the embarrassed Major General Ikeda in front of him, he was frightened on the spot. When he reacted, he asked anxiously.
"An accident occurred during the middle sweep of the troops. Let the troops march forward in a hurry. Reinforce the battlefield immediately. Maybe some troops can be rescued." Major General Ikeda looked very ugly and ordered with suppressed anger.
"If the third battalion hadn't attacked desperately, I wouldn't have even had a chance to evacuate the battlefield."
Ishii Shaozuo's mind was full of questions. ….
In his memory, the central mopping up troops were all fine this morning. How could something happen just half a day later? There were more than a thousand imperial troops and two battalions of the Imperial Alliance Army.
However, the military situation was urgent, and there was no time for him to answer these questions, so he immediately received the order: "I will ask the troops to speed up their march now."
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"The troops will retreat immediately. Take away all the weapons and ammunition that can be taken away. Those that cannot be taken away will be blown up directly. The little devils must not be allowed to take them back." Huang Yu ordered while looking at his watch.
"Judging from the time, the Japanese reinforcements will arrive on the battlefield in twenty minutes. We must leave here within ten minutes."
After saying that, he rushed towards the battlefield at the foot of the mountain.
The Japanese brought a lot of weapons and ammunition into the mountains, and they retreated in a hurry. Many weapons and ammunition were left on the battlefield, especially the artillery shells, which were scattered in boxes on the mountain roads.
both sides.
These are the most scarce supplies for the guerrilla brigade, and they will not give up if they can.
There are too few troops participating in the war, and they certainly cannot all be taken away.
Although Huang Yu didn't have many guards around him, one person could carry back a box of shells. There were more than a hundred shells in total, which was enough to support a small-scale battle.
As soon as he put a box of artillery shells on his shoulders, Huang Yu saw Zhang Xuan carrying a light machine gun and running toward him with a disappointed look on his face: "Captain, we killed a little Japanese captain, but their brigade commander ran away."
"According to the account of the captured puppet army: the commander of the Japanese Major General's brigade followed the middle route to sweep the troops, but we did not find the little Japanese Major General's body on the battlefield, so he must have run away."
Huang Yu said with a nonchalant expression: "A monk who can escape cannot escape from the temple. As long as they don't withdraw their troops and continue to stay in the mountains to sweep us, the troops will still have a chance to eliminate him."
"The top priority now is to clean up the battlefield and bring back as many weapons and ammunition as possible, especially artillery shells.
"We used at least 500 rounds of artillery shells in the battle just now. If the supply captured cannot meet the consumption, the guerrilla brigade's inventory of artillery shells will become less and less, and eventually it will be in trouble with no ammunition available."
"Give the machine gun to someone else, and you can carry a box of shells."
"All the captured Imperial Alliance troops were mobilized, each carrying a box of ammunition back. Anyone who disobeys the order will be dealt with according to military law."
"Our Eighth Route Army treats prisoners well, but they must execute our army's orders. We have the right to enforce battlefield discipline for those who violate them."
As soon as Huang Yu left with his troops, Major General Ikeda rushed to the battlefield.
"General, the Eighth Route Army has just withdrawn from the battlefield with a large amount of loot. We still have time to pursue it. How about we pursue it now?" Ishii Shaozuo arrived at the battlefield ahead of the brigade commander. When he arrived, he could still see it with his telescope. As soon as the Eighth Route Army retreated, Major General Ikeda ran over to ask for a fight.
He felt that the Eighth Route Army had just annihilated the mopping up troops in the middle. No matter how powerful the troops were, they would kill a thousand enemies and suffer eight hundred losses. If they kill them now, they will definitely gain a lot of advantages.
Seeing the brigade commander staring at the corpses of the soldiers in front of him without answering, Ishii Shaozuo didn't want to miss this good opportunity, so he decided to try again and continue to fight: "The Eighth Route Army has just experienced a bloody battle. The troops must be very tired, and the overall combat effectiveness is not as good as before. If we are chasing them now, we will definitely catch them off guard. Please give the general an order.”….
Major General Ikeda moved, but his next order disappointed Ishii Shaozuo: "The troops immediately cleaned the battlefield and sorted out the bodies of the soldiers who died in the battle. Not a single soldier could be thrown away."
"No one can rashly pursue the Eighth Route Army without my order."
Ishii Shaozuo was very reluctant and said: "General, I think that chasing the Eighth Route Army now will definitely achieve great results. If we miss it, it will be lost. Can't we wait until we defeat the Eighth Route Army and then come back to clean up the battlefield?"
"Bage Yalu, you think the Eighth Route Army is a bunch of pigs, waiting for you to hunt them down, won't they resist?" Major General Ikeda retorted angrily.
"Isn't it good to resist?" Ishii Shaozuo had never really fought against Huang Yu, so he didn't know how strong his opponent was. He looked at Major General Ikeda and said confidently.
"Our army has high morale, is well-equipped, and has strong combat effectiveness.
"The Eighth Route Army is a tired army and has suffered heavy casualties. If we fight them now, the final winner will definitely be us."
Major General Ikeda shook his head and asked again: "How do you know they suffered heavy casualties, the troops were exhausted, and their combat effectiveness was greatly reduced."
[In view of the general environment, "Is it even necessary to think about it?" Major General Ishii replied bluntly.
"The middle mopping up force is the most powerful among the three mopping up troops. The Eighth Route Army completely wiped out the middle mopping up force. Even the most powerful troops would have had a few teeth knocked out and paid a huge price. To say they suffered heavy casualties is an understatement. Maybe the Eighth Route Army participating in the war has lost its combat effectiveness. If we chase them now, we can eliminate them with just one assault."
"Baga..." Major General Ikeda got angry when he heard this and cursed angrily.
"How many times have I told you that you can't just rely on guesswork when fighting a war, nor can you rely too much on your own experience... Many times, previous combat experience is not only useless, but can also kill people."
When he said this, Major General Ikeda's mind flashed to the scene of the firefight just now.
The powerful central mopping up troops not only failed to severely damage the Eighth Route Army, but were suppressed and beaten all the way by the Eighth Route Army. They were eliminated bit by bit like a bereaved dog.
If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, he would never have believed that the mopping up troops he had high hopes for would be beaten like that by the Eighth Route Army.
Maybe he would make the empirical mistake like Ishii Shaozuo, thinking that the Eighth Route Army suffered heavy losses in the battle against the central mopping up troops, and directly led troops to pursue it.
Now he won't.
In the battle just now, the Eighth Route Army did not try its best. The central mopping up troops were defeated not so much at the hands of the Eighth Route Army as at the hands of the Eighth Route Army artillery.
The losses of the infantry participating in the battle were very small, and their combat effectiveness was not only not weakened, but also improved a lot because of the victory and high morale.
In addition, if they capture the equipment and ammunition of the raiding troops in the middle, the firepower of the troops will also become stronger, and the overall combat effectiveness will be greatly improved.
Leading troops to chase down the Eighth Route Army now is like a sheep entering the tiger's mouth and hitting the muzzle of the Eighth Route Army's guns yourself.
They can annihilate the central mopping up force within an hour, and they can certainly annihilate any of the left and right mopping up troops within an hour.
In order to avoid such an accident, it would be safest for the troops to stand still and wait until another mopping up force was in place before attacking.
Ishii Shaozuo didn't want to follow in the middle route to sweep away the troops, so he gave up the idea of chasing the Eighth Route Army after hearing the brigade commander's explanation.
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Huang Yu was rushing forward with his troops, fearing that the Japanese would send troops to hunt them down.
In the eyes of Major General Ikeda, the Eighth Route Army has at least two main regiments hidden in this mountain. The Eighth Route Army he saw in the battle just now was less than one main regiment. Only then did he conclude that the Eighth Route Army suffered very few casualties and its combat effectiveness was still very strong. .
This is not the case.
In order to eat up the mopping up troops in the middle, Huang Yu has sent all the troops he can mobilize to the battlefield. If a soldier is sacrificed, there will be one less Eighth Route Army in the mountains.
Although artillery was the protagonist on the battlefield and killed most of the Japanese and puppet troops, the guerrilla brigade still lost more than a hundred infantrymen participating in the battle.
There are now less than 400 soldiers in the guerrilla brigade who can still fight, half of them are new soldiers and half of them are veterans. There are only more than 120 people left in the reinforcement company brought by Huang Yu from the wing, and the total number of soldiers is less than 500. .
If Major General Ikeda gets mad and leads his troops to chase down the guerrilla brigade, Huang Yu will also become a lost dog. .
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