The battle progressed faster than expected. mistress
It's not because of how poor the Japs' combat effectiveness is, nor because of how strong the Duyi Regiment's combat effectiveness is, but because Li Yunlong's attack was too sudden, the firepower was fierce enough, and he grasped the timing of the counterattack well.
In the first round of fire attack, more than 200 Japanese soldiers were killed and 40 to 50 others were injured before they could react.
In the ensuing battle, the Japanese gained the upper hand and crushed a battalion of machine gunners to death.
But as a battalion of firepower companies joined the battle, the battlefield situation was suddenly reversed by Li Yunlong.
The machine gunner and the three main companies took the opportunity to launch a general attack.
Before the two sides could fight together, another seventy or eighty Japanese were killed and injured.
The remaining seventy or eighty Japanese still wanted to fight with the first battalion in close combat. They used their best bayonets to turn defeat into victory and break out of the encirclement. mistress
Li Yunlong didn't give them this chance at all.
The whole battalion fired more than a dozen box cannons at the same time, and more than half of the little Japanese who participated in the battle were killed in an instant.
There are only about thirty Japanese soldiers left, no matter how powerful they are, the soldiers can kill them all even if they risk their lives.
"Each company will count the casualties immediately, hurry up..." Li Yunlong ordered while loading the box cannon.
The first battalion commander ran over with the little Japanese captain's command knife that he had just captured and reported: "Captain..."
"This is the little devil squadron commander's command sword..."
"No one of the more than two hundred little devils slipped through the net, they were all wiped out by us."
"The three heavy machine guns and three mortars brought by the Japanese are all intact and can be used together."
Li Yunlong's expression was calm.
In the past few years, he has fought countless battles and seen more and more of the world. He has long dismissed the results of his victories.
Ask yourself the questions you care about most again.
"Where are the casualties?"
"I am most concerned about the casualties of the troops now..."
"Report to the captain..." The first company commander ran over and reported in time. mistress
"Nineteen people were killed and five were seriously injured..."
"Captain..." The second company commander then ran over.
"The Second Company sacrificed 22 people and seriously injured 4 people..."
"Report to the captain..." The third company commander finally ran over.
"The third company sacrificed 31 people and seriously injured 7 people..."
Li Yunlong was very satisfied. The recruits accounted for one-third of the team, and he still killed more than 200 little Japs with less than a hundred people.
In terms of casualty ratio, the only regiment and one battalion undoubtedly won the first battle. mistress
But he didn't show it on his face. He replied calmly: "The fight is okay."
"Does the proportion of new soldiers among the sacrificed warriors be large?"
The third company commander who had suffered the greatest losses was the first to answer: "Less than 30%..."
"During the battle, many veterans died protecting the new recruits."
"There are seven or eight in the third company alone."
"The new recruits didn't do well either."
"More than a dozen soldiers killed the Japanese the first time they went to the battlefield. Two of the recruits killed the Japanese with bayonets. They were no worse than the veterans."
Li Yunlong's calm face finally flashed a smile and said with satisfaction.
"In this way, our goal of acting as a training agent has been achieved."
"The third company stayed behind to clean the battlefield and take care of the wounded."
"The first and second companies, the fire company, replenish ammunition on the spot, all follow me."
"There are eight squadrons of little Japs on the battlefield. Let's kill one and there will be seven left."
"If you go faster, you might be able to kill a squadron."
The first battalion commander hesitated and reminded: "Captain, wouldn't it be a little bad if we did this?"
"According to the plan, there are eight Japanese squadrons, one for each battalion."
"If we eat two squadrons in one go, there will be troops that can't catch even a single enemy."
Li Yunlong waited for his subordinates and said, "What do you know?"
"We had a chaotic fight tonight."
"Do you know what chaos means?"
"No matter who it is, when they see the little Japs, they will hug the little Japs until we wipe out all the Japs on the battlefield."
"If we really follow the battle plan, if some troops fail to move into place on time, or if the Japs temporarily change their marching direction, wouldn't we just watch the Japs slip away from us?"
"Just follow my orders."
"There are no rules in disrupting a war. There are only so many little devils on the battlefield. Whoever catches them belongs to them."
"The troops will be assembled within two minutes and then set off."
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As soon as the Japanese reinforcements arrived on the battlefield, they began to divide their forces and outflank them. Two captains stationed at the Tangzhuang stronghold to establish a temporary headquarters.
The two stood on the top of the turret, looking down from a high position, and could vaguely see the torches held by eight infantry squadrons.
It formed two encirclements inside and outside, surrounding the military column in the middle. mistress
Four infantry squadrons quickly gathered towards one point from different directions, obviously having locked onto the railway guerrillas.
Based on their outflanking speed and distance, the railway guerrillas can be eliminated in half an hour at most.
The smile on the captain's face grew thicker and thicker, as if he had already seen victory and waved to them.
At the last moment, a burst of firefight instantly shattered their dreams.
A large amount of machine gun fire suddenly erupted from the flank of an infantry squadron.
You can tell by the sound of gunfire that the opponent's strength is no less than a battalion.
Within five minutes another infantry squadron came under attack. mistress
Then the third infantry squadron, the fourth infantry squadron…
At this time, the battlefield where the first shot was fired has returned to silence and become pitch black.
If the imperial army wins, they will definitely continue to pursue the railway guerrillas with torches.
Now I don't see any torches anywhere, so I know without thinking that something happened to the imperial army there.
"Bagh Yalu, what's going on?" A captain shouted with disbelief on his face.
"Didn't the brigade commander say that there was only one railway guerrilla unit on the battlefield and not the main force of the Eighth Route Army?"
"Then where did the Eighth Route Army that is attacking us come from?"
"One battlefield and one reinforced battalion..."
"There are at least two regiments of the Eighth Route Army around us."
The other captain also reacted from the shock and said anxiously.
"We were fooled..."
"The brigade commander was also tricked by the Eighth Route Army..."
"Immediately contact several squadrons that have not been attacked and ask them to withdraw from the battle immediately and retreat toward Baoding."
"Let's go too..."
"The two regiments of the Eighth Route Army are definitely not something we can fight against with our small strength."
"Staying here will serve no purpose other than increasing casualties..."
"The troops garrisoned at the stronghold retreat together and leave now."
"Boom boom..."
As soon as the order was issued, two explosions sounded at their feet.
Fire splashed, countless bricks flew everywhere in the explosion, and two large holes were blown out of the indestructible turret.
The captain's face immediately turned pale, and he raised his legs and ran towards the stairs: "Bageya Road, the Eighth Route Army has already set its sights on us."
"Evacuate the turret quickly..."
"They have attack artillery, and the gun towers will collapse soon..."
Just as he reached the first floor of the turret, the second round of explosions stopped, and the flying bricks hit the captain hard, causing him to stumble and fall to the ground.
He tried his best to get up and continue retreating, but the floor fell directly from his head.
"Rumble..."
After a thunderous bang, the ten-meter-high turret instantly turned into a pile of rubble. The two captains were buried in the rubble together, becoming the two most aggrieved captains who died in the Baoding garrison.
