The elite army, which is known as the best in the world, actually lost to the Eighth Route Army in a bayonet fight. This is simply the most ridiculous thing in the world.
It's too careless and greatly underestimates the opponent's combat effectiveness.
If he had known that the attack just now would have such a result, he should have listened to the captain's suggestion and dispatched all artillery to carry out indiscriminate strikes on the battlefield while the Eighth Route Army was blocking the attacking troops head-on.
Although the attacking troops would suffer some accidental injuries, they would certainly not be as high as the Eighth Route Army's losses.
Unlike now, the attacking troops had already suffered heavy losses in the close combat. After another bombardment by artillery, there would definitely be very few left.
Even if the blocking position is successfully captured and the Eighth Route Army's blocking troops are severely damaged, the attacking troops will also be defeated, resulting in a real loss of one thousand enemies and eight hundred losses.
No, if we include the losses of the Imperial Alliance Army, they should have killed 800 enemies and suffered 1,000 losses. The losses of the attacking troops were actually more than the Eighth Route Army's blocking troops.
But there is no regret in the world. Now he only hopes that the artillery unit can kill a few more people before the Eighth Route Army retreats to the tunnel, otherwise the losses of the attacking troops will be too great.
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Wei Dayong rolled over and over. As soon as he entered the tunnel, an explosion sounded at the entrance and exit of the tunnel. The half-meter-square tunnel was instantly buried, and he was so scared that he broke out in cold sweat.
If he had retreated two seconds later, Wei Dayong would have been blown to pieces.
Wei Dayong wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and walked towards the tunnel. The soldiers who entered the tunnel from other entrances and exits slowly gathered behind him, including the instructor with an injured arm. They retreated and counted the losses of their troops.
"Batalion Commander..." After a while, the instructor's heavy report reached Wei Dayong's ears.
"The losses of the troops were a bit heavy... The hand-to-hand combat and artillery fire attack just now caused us more than 200 casualties. We won more than 620 people, and only 236 people were withdrawn, including the 32 who retreated to the tunnel in advance. Among the seriously wounded, only the Hundred Soldiers are left to continue fighting."
"Three heavy machine guns were lost, eight light machine guns were lost, and six grenade launchers were lost... The entire battalion only had the combat effectiveness of one company."
Wei Dayong's face was very solemn, and he was silent for a while before answering: "The training time of the troops is too short, and many casualties are caused by the troops running around during the Japanese bombardment."
"Veterans are afraid of machine guns, and recruits are afraid of cannons. This sentence is indeed true."
"If I were given an extra month of training time to allow the recruits to adapt to the battlefield in advance, the casualties in the interdiction battle could be reduced by at least 30%."
"It's a pity that the little devil didn't give us this time."
Having said this, Wei Dayong punched the tunnel wall hard and continued with a helpless expression.
"You lead the troops to withdraw directly to the village. In the meantime, reduce the troops to a company. Have a good rest and replenish your physical strength and ammunition. I will go to the headquarters to see the regiment commander. There should be another mission tonight."
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At the ground headquarters of the garrison regiment, Huang Yu did not respond after listening to Wei Dayong's report. He continued to raise his telescope to observe the battle situation, making Wei Dayong neither leave nor leave. He didn't know what the regiment commander's attitude was towards the battle just now.
Five minutes later, the Japanese army's artillery fire coverage of the second line of defense stopped. More than 500 puppet troops appeared on the battlefield again, beating paratroopers who were more loose than the previous two attacks, and quickly approached the blocking position.
Only then did Huang Yu put down the telescope, sighed and said, "We can't keep fighting like this."
"Although we severely damaged four Japanese squadrons and four puppet companies in the blocking battle just now, we also disabled one main battalion."
"The Japanese have six infantry brigades, and we only have three main battalions that can go to the battlefield. We can't defend Taipingzhuang even with all our strength."
"In the next battle, we must find ways to increase the casualties of the Japanese and puppet troops and reduce our own losses."
"The second battalion temporarily withdraws from the battle and retreats to the village for repairs. It will join the battle after dark. The battle will be handed over to the first battalion in the afternoon."
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After saying that, he ordered Wang Lin: "Leave a reinforced company on the third line of defense, and all other troops will withdraw to the fourth line of defense and stand by."
"Leave more light machine guns and grenade launchers for the troops defending the third line of defense."
"The Japanese will definitely change their style of attack in the next attack and try to avoid close combat or bayonet fights with us."
"Eighty percent of them will use artillery when the fighting between the two sides is in full swing to attack blocking positions indiscriminately and consume the strength of the blocking troops."
"I decided to take advantage of the situation and use machine guns and grenade launchers to kill a large number of Japanese and puppet attacking troops. After their indiscriminate artillery fire coverage began, I gave up the position and retreated to the tunnel."
"Destroy as many Japanese and puppet troops as we can, and we will no longer fight against them."
"When the troops retreat, leave a few tunnel entrances and exits unexploded to see if the Japanese can be introduced into the tunnels, and use tunnel warfare to drag the battle until dark."
"Our troops retreated through tunnels in the three blocking battles. Only by destroying the tunnels can the Japanese and puppet troops block us in our positions and gather together to annihilate them."
"They should be determined to gain access to our truth..."
"Just do it, let Deng Jingye act more realistically, and don't let the Japanese discover those tunnel entrances and exits that made us stay here on purpose."
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Half an hour later, Major General Fujita successfully captured the third line of defense at the expense of two infantry squads.
But he was not happy at all.
The attacking force only found more than thirty Eighth Route Army corpses on the position, indicating that the Eighth Route Army that had just blocked the attacking force escaped through the tunnel again.
In order to severely damage the Eighth Route Army's blocking troops, the artillery fire preparations before the war became more and more fierce, and more and more offensive troops were sent.
As a result, they were all punched on the cotton, and only some small shrimps were wiped out.
If the main force of the Shunping garrison is not eliminated as soon as possible, the next attack will definitely be blocked and harassed by them endlessly, and they will not be able to reach Chenzhuang in a short time and block the Eighth Route Army's only way into the mountains.
"We must find a way to destroy the tunnels that help the Eighth Route Army evacuate their positions, otherwise we will never be able to annihilate the main force of the Junpei garrison..." Major General Fujita said with anger and aggrievedness.
"The Eighth Route Army is too cunning..." The chief of staff was also very angry and answered with suppressed anger.
"Every time the blocking troops retreat, they will destroy all the tunnel entrances and exits on the position, leaving no one behind."
"I asked the engineers to try to dig it out, but I haven't received any good news yet."
At this moment, the messenger of the attacking force ran towards them again, with a look of excitement on his face, even happier than he had just captured the third blocking position.
"Report to the brigade commander, we found two tunnel entrances and exits on the position..."
"One was half-exploded by a grenade. It didn't completely collapse. The engineers could get in and out with a little cleaning."
"An unexploded grenade was found at another tunnel entrance. The Eighth Route Army must have retreated too hastily and ran away after throwing the grenade, only to encounter a dumb bomb."
"Yoshi..."
After hearing this, Major General Fujita laughed and said with emotion: "It's true that we can't find anything even after we've worn iron shoes. It takes no effort to get here. With these two tunnel entrances and exits, we can follow the clues and figure out the Eighth Route Army's tunnel network." , catch all the Eighth Route Army hiding inside, and at the same time cut off the retreat channel of the Eighth Route Army blocking troops."
"God bless Amaterasu. In the next battle, we must let the Eighth Route Army monitor the strong combat effectiveness of our Kwantung Army and make them regret fighting us."
"Immediately deploy two squadrons into the tunnels, eliminate the Eighth Route Army hiding inside, and destroy all the tunnel networks under our feet."
"Ground troops suspend attack."
"Only by first destroying the underground passages used by the Eighth Route Army to evacuate the battlefield can we annihilate them together."
"Otherwise, no matter how powerful the offensive is, it will only hit the cotton in one circle. It will not only waste ammunition and delay time, but also fail to kill a few Eighth Route Army troops."
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More than three hundred little Japanese soldiers entered the tunnel in two groups. Looking at the huge tunnel fortifications in front of them, each Japanese soldier had a look of genuine shock on his face.
It went very smoothly at first. From time to time, we could see the weapons and ammunition left by the Eighth Route Army in the tunnel.
As we walked, a fork in the road appeared.
The two squadron captains chose to divide their forces and advance without hesitation, and the fully assembled infantry squadron was immediately divided into three infantry squads.
More and more weapons and ammunition were thrown away by the Eighth Route Army along the way. All the little Japanese who entered the tunnel thought that the Eighth Route Army was defeated by artillery fire. In order to survive, they had to flee in confusion, even throwing away the weapons and ammunition that saved their lives on the battlefield.
At this time, a new fork in the road appeared in front of the Japanese again.
The Japanese became less and less vigilant, believing that the Eighth Route Army in the tunnels had become lost dogs and could not threaten their safety. They decided to divide their forces again and planned to kill all the Eighth Route Army hiding in the tunnels without sparing any one.
"boom……"
Two minutes later, a gunshot suddenly rang out in the tunnel. The close-range shooting of Sanba Gai was very penetrating. The bullet easily passed through the chest of the first kid on the boat and stayed in the body of the second kid.
The kid behind him quickly raised his gun to fight back, and the crackling sound of gunfire soon rang out. However, the place where the gunshot was fired was dark and there was nothing, and all the bullets fired were drilled into the soil.
The first two Japs died in the tunnel without even knowing who their opponents were.
Captain Cao, who was led by the Japs, was walking in the middle of the team. He was lucky enough to escape. His face was very ugly, and he could not see the arrogance and confidence he had just now.
Facing this kind of opponent who had never seen the beginning and end of the dragon, and who was still on a battlefield he had never seen before, he felt particularly guilty and subconsciously ordered his troops to retreat.
"boom……"
Before the order was uttered, an explosion sounded behind him, and screams reached his ears at the same time.
When he turned around, he saw three soldiers from the machine gun team lying in a pool of blood. The machine gunner was the worst hit. One of his legs was blown off. They were bloody and there was no movement on the spot.
"Bagh Ya Road, why are there enemies behind us..." Cao Chang was very shocked, his mind was in confusion, and he asked subconsciously.
The surviving soldiers before and after him were more anxious than him.
Someone in front attacked them with rifles, and someone behind them attacked them with grenades. There were earth walls on both sides and above them, making it impossible to move away.
This means that everyone must eliminate the Eighth Route Army in either direction before they have a chance to get out, otherwise they will be trapped and die here.
But no one knew how many enemies there were in the two directions, and which direction was better for breaking out. They could only show a panicked expression of being at a loss what to do.
