Seeing that the adjutant was getting more and more arrogant as he spoke, he had already forgotten all the things the captain had reminded them not to underestimate the enemy, and the captain was just about to give a verbal reminder.
"Boom, boom, boom..." A series of violent explosions suddenly sounded on the battlefield. The captain looked over following the sound, and then his eyes widened, showing an expression of dumbfounded shock.
The three tanks and armored vehicles blocking the front of the attacking force were all severely damaged and instantly lay on the battlefield. One of the armored vehicles was directly blown up and turned into an orange fireball.
Before the captain could react to the sudden accident, a series of more violent explosions reached his ears again.
The heavy machine gun position less than 300 meters away from him instantly erupted into more than twenty fireballs. Almost half of the heavy machine guns in the entire heavy machine gun squadron were submerged by artillery fire, and the machine gunners were blown over... and this was just the beginning.
"Boom..." Another explosion sounded in the captain's ears, like thunder, and the ground beneath his feet shook several times from the explosion.
"It's a thunder cannon..." the artillery staff member was the first to react. He stared at the dozens of fireballs rising among the attacking troops and shouted loudly.
Only then did the captain react from the shock. The smile on his face was replaced by despair at the same time, and he cried out: "Bagya Road, we underestimated the enemy again..."
"Looking at this posture, the Eighth Route Army not only wants to stop us here, they also want to annihilate us."
"The attacking troops will retreat immediately... Hurry up. The Eighth Route Army's next step is to counterattack on the battlefield. We must not be dragged on the battlefield by them."
"Other troops also withdraw and leave here immediately..."
"Bang bang..." Two red flares exploded just above the captain's head, turning into two dazzling red lights.
"Boom, boom, boom..." Violent explosions also came from the mountain artillery position behind him. The captain turned around and saw more than twenty fireballs rising into the sky.
In the dazzling firelight, the scene of the gunner being blown away and knocked over was clearly visible. A shadow immediately fell over the captain's face, and he ordered anxiously: "The attacking troops retreat quickly, the artillery moves immediately, and get out of here quickly. We seem to be surrounded by the Eighth Route Army..." After giving the order, he turned around and started running away. Just now All the high spirits they had when attacking the blocking position of the third regiment were wiped out.
It's a pity that the Eighth Route Army has completed the siege of him. After running less than ten meters, a murderous cry of death came from the front battlefield.
The captain glanced there subconsciously. His already pale face suddenly turned even paler. Six to seven hundred people rushed out of the smoke-filled blocking position in an instant, holding rifles and light machine guns. They were like a group of hungry wolves asking for the smell of blood, howling and killing the attacking troops.
A total of two infantry squadrons launched an attack on the battlefield. After being hit by more than a dozen explosive packets fired by thunder cannons, the two squadrons were reduced by one-third on the spot, leaving only more than 200 soldiers still able to move.
The Eighth Route Army participating in the counterattack had six to seven hundred men, a full three times the strength advantage. 'In addition, the attacking troops had just received their retreat order and had all turned around and fled.
Facing the Eighth Route Army's sudden counterattack, these soldiers suddenly panicked, and their retreat turned into a rout on the battlefield at this moment.
The Eighth Route Army clung to them, chasing and shooting at the little Japs who entered their range.
Faced with this situation, the captain unconsciously accelerated his retreat.
"Dong, dong, dong..." The sound of heavy machine gun fire from directly in front made him stop instantly. He took a breath and his whole body became uncomfortable. He stared at the flames of the machine gun that suddenly appeared more than a thousand meters away. cried with despair on his face.
"It's over..."
"The Eighth Route Army really wants to annihilate us all here!"
"It must be that when we attacked the blocking position just now, the outflanking troops took the opportunity to circle behind us and cut off our retreat."
"Tell the two squadrons at the back to concentrate all their troops and firepower and break through the Eighth Route Army's blocking position at all costs!" Before the little soldier who took the order moved, he saw a lieutenant running toward the captain in a hurry, with panic on his face. When he stood firm, he hurriedly reported: "Sir..."
"A battalion of the Eighth Route Army suddenly came behind us and launched an attack."
"The enemy is equipped with a large number of light and heavy machine guns and grenade launchers..."
"We were caught off guard and our troops suffered heavy casualties. Please support us!"
"Support?" the captain cursed angrily.
"Every squadron of the reinforcements has been attacked. Where can I get reinforcements for you?"
"Immediately go back and tell your squadron leader to launch a counterattack against the Eighth Route Army at all costs. While they are still on a weak footing, tear a hole and break out of the encirclement..."
"Otherwise, all of us will be surrounded and annihilated here by the Eighth Route Army... Hurry..." For the first time, the captain felt the despair from heaven to hell.
Listening to the sound of firefights getting closer and closer around him, he was like an ant on a hot pot, anxious, but he had no choice but to stand there and wait... He only had a small guard team on hand, and even the supplies. All the troops were sent out by him, and he couldn't even get in to help the breakout troops.
"Comrades, fight with me..." The counterattack force of the third regiment became more and more fierce. The company platoon leader took the lead in the attack, forming one arrow-shaped attack formation after another, and ran rampantly inside the retreating Japanese army. In a short time, these two hundred Many Japanese troops turned the world upside down and turned into a mess... They had been bombarded by Japanese artillery fire just now, and many former comrades died for this.
Every soldier who participated in the counterattack had suppressed anger and wanted to vent it out to the little devil. They wanted to take revenge and complain.
"Kill... da da da..." A cry of killing and the sound of machine gun fire suddenly sounded from the flank of the commander. When he turned around, he saw two Eighth Route Army troops charging toward him with machine guns in the lead.
The co-captain was trembling with fright, and his head was filled with cold sweat. Regardless of whether the captain agreed or not, the guard captain shouted loudly at his subordinates...
"Bagya Road..."
"We are being targeted by the Eighth Route Army, please protect the captain and move..."
"Move to the 3rd and 4th squadrons. We will break through the encirclement of the Eighth Route Army after they tear it apart..." When the battle reaches this point, the Japanese reinforcements will definitely be defeated.
But this failure is also divided into categories. Some people die well, even if they are defeated, they will bite off a piece of flesh from the enemy before dying, making the opponent pay a huge price in the battle to eliminate them.
"Even if we can't lose both sides, we still have to let them shed a layer of skin." There is another kind of failure, which is a crushing defeat. The troops are wiped out by the opponent like a massacre, and their death is meaningless.
The remaining little Japs on the battlefield were all ordered to fight to the death, to block where they should be blocked, and to break out where they should be, strictly following the captain's orders.
As long as the captain is still at the headquarters, no Japanese dares to take advantage of him.
