The scene in front of him was completely different from the battle scene in Major General Hashimoto's mind. In his stubborn defense plan, the Eighth Route Army should line up in battle formation, holding rifles and machine guns, and launch strong attacks on the defense line again and again.
Hashimoto's brigade can gradually consume the Eighth Route Army's strength through defensive warfare. The two sides waited for the melee to come together before looking for an opportunity to break out of the encirclement. The Eighth Route Army was caught off guard and took the opportunity to break out of the encirclement.
As a result, even though I was looking forward to the stars and the moon, I didn't wait for the Eighth Route Army's attacking troops. Instead, I waited for this unprecedented artillery attack.
The troops under his command had no trenches to hide in and were completely exposed to the artillery fire of the Eighth Route Army. Dozens of powerful mountain artillery shells came down one after another. No matter how powerful they were, they were still made of flesh and blood.
As long as the opponent's artillery fire coverage is strong enough, the troops under his command may be blown up completely before they see the Eighth Route Army's attacking troops.
He could not achieve his goal of severely damaging the Eighth Route Army in Yizhong by holding on to his position. In this case, it is better to break through directly.
In this way, the soldiers under his command would at least have a chance to fight at close range with the Eighth Route Army. Unlike now, everyone didn't even see the Eighth Route Army, they were directly blown into a pile of minced meat by the artillery shells.
The more General Hashimoto thought about it, the more serious his expression became. He gritted his teeth and began to issue orders: "Breakout..."
"The Eighth Route Army is equipped with too many mountain and field artillery pieces."
"We can only get bombed if we hold on, and we won't be able to wipe out many Eighth Route Army troops at all."
"It's better to break out of the position and break out, and fight them face to face."
"Although this will be defeated by the Eighth Route Army one by one, at least you can fight them face to face instead of being killed by artillery shells from a distance."
"Pass the order..."
"All troops of Hashimoto's brigade are grouped into squadrons, choose the glyph to break through the defense line, and start breaking out now."
"The artillery immediately launched artillery fire on the Eighth Route Army surrounding us."
"After five minutes of artillery fire coverage, immediately blow up all the artillery and ammunition that cannot be taken away, and follow the infantry to break through."
"No matter who it is, break out of the Eighth Route Army encirclement and move towards Baoding. Don't think about rescuing other troops."
"In short, kill as many people as you can."......
"Boom, boom, boom..." The artillery preparations in front of Li Yunlong continued. The power of mountain artillery shells was far greater than that of mortars, and the high ground in front of them had been shrouded in artillery fire a minute ago.
The splashing fire was like fireworks, constantly splashing on the high ground, kicking up a lot of soil and the corpses of the little devils.
He has led the troops to a position of 70 to 80 meters in front of the formation. The troops are lying on the ground and are continuing to move forward by crawling to shorten the infantry assault distance after the shelling.
In another minute, the artillery preparations in front of us will be over. Li Yunlong was confident that he could advance another thirty meters in this minute and shorten the distance between the two sides to forty meters.
When the artillery fire stopped, they would launch an assault, try to rush to the high ground within ten seconds, and use rifles and grenades to end the battle without giving the remaining Japanese troops any chance to react.
"Kill..." The Japs' unique killing cry suddenly sounded from right in front of the team. More than a hundred Japs rushed out of the gunfire like crazy, holding guns and heading straight for him.
Their combat effectiveness was very strong, and they could easily charge and grab at the same time. The two soldiers lying next to Li Yunlong were shot in response, and there was no movement on the ground.
"Captain Li, are you crazy? You dare to launch a counterattack against us with such a small force. I don't know how to spell the word "seeking death." Zhou Wei, the commander of the 25th Regiment, shouted with excitement.
The soldier's sixth sense told Li Yunlong that the counterattack in front of him was extraordinary and definitely not an ordinary counterattack.
But he could find no evidence to support his analysis. He immediately snorted an order: "Whether they are crazy or not, there is no reason why we should not eat the fat meat brought to our mouths..."
"Everyone, go up to them, kill them quickly, then capture the high ground and break into the Eighth Route Army's defense line..."
"Kill..." The attacking troops immediately erupted into loud shouts of killing. Hundreds of soldiers got up from the ground, like a group of little tigers waiting for food, and rushed forward to meet the little devil.
The two sides quickly fought together. The attacking troops relied on their superior strength to suppress the Japanese from the beginning, killing them and retreating steadily.
Just when they were about to retreat to the edge of the position, the five-minute artillery fire stopped just in time.
"Bah bang bang..." Li Yunlong killed a Japanese second lieutenant with three consecutive shots, raised the box gun and prepared to lead the troops to the blocking position.
"Kill..." The Japanese army shouted to kill again from the smoke-filled blocking position. At least three hundred little devils rushed towards him without any hesitation.
They were divided into three groups, and after strangling together with the attacking troops, they did not get entangled or disperse, and just rushed forward in a daze.
"No, the Japs want to break through our attacking troops and divide their forces to break out..." Li Yunlong was keenly aware of the Japs' conspiracy.
Leading the guard platoon, they attacked a group of little devils sideways, shouting as they rushed: "Stop them quickly."
"They must not be allowed to break through our military positions..."
"Other troops gathered around and launched a direct assault to disperse them..."
"Bah bang bang..." Li Yunlong fired the box cannon in his hand again, and the two nearest little devils fell to the ground.
Not to be outdone, the guards around him raised their rifles and pulled the triggers. Chaotic gunfire soon rang out, and the Japanese who gathered in front of Li Yunlong were instantly hit by a hail of bullets.
"Start with a machine gun, kill them, and disperse the Japanese..." Li Yunlong seized the opportunity and ordered.
"The rifleman prepares grenades, and when he sees the little devil, he will hit me."
"Baga..." Seeing that his team was scattered, the leader of the Japanese squadron cursed with a desperate expression.
He drew out his command sword and rushed towards Li Yunlong without hesitation: "Warriors..."
"The team was scattered and we can't break out..."
"If we fight against the Eighth Route Army, we will have to fight to the death. I will kill you..." A total of three troops broke out in front of Li Yunlong. Two of the breakout troops were stopped and the entire army was destroyed.
Although the third breakout force was also dispersed, it still lost thirty or forty people. Seeing them quickly disappearing into the night, Li Yunlong wanted to send someone to catch up and catch them all.
When the order came to his lips, he swallowed it back. Kill one thousand enemies and lose eight hundred. In the battle just now, the 1st Regiment and the 25th Regiment killed at least more than 200 Japanese with bayonets.
Although they had an absolute advantage in strength and used a large number of pistols in the battle, they still lost more than 300 people and directly sacrificed more than 100 people.
The few hundred people left were just enough to block the position in front of them and prevent the Japs from breaking out from here again. If we divide our troops for the sake of dozens of Japanese soldiers and cause more Japanese troops to break out of the encirclement, it will be too much of a loss.
Major General Hashimoto was lucky. Just hiding in the team that successfully broke through. After breaking out of the encirclement, he led his men on a small path and disappeared into the battlefield, not daring to waste another minute.
