Time goes back a few minutes.
"Platoon leader, I can't bear to throw away such a good heavy machine gun!"
"Yeah, are you getting the little devil's advantage in vain like this?"
The platoon leader said: "What do you know? The regiment leader said it well. We can't bear to let the children catch the wolf. If we don't throw away some heavy weapons, how can we make the little devils believe that we are the main force? How can we make the little devils believe that we are only busy escaping? , have no fighting spirit?"
"As for these two heavy machine guns, we will leave them behind for the time being. Once we win this battle and eliminate the Japs, these heavy machine guns will have to be returned to us sooner or later."
After the platoon leader explained this, several squad leaders reluctantly threw the two heavy machine guns on the way back.
Then these two heavy machine guns were captured by the chasing Japs.
In this way, the platoon leader and others led the militia comrades and continued to retreat towards the short cliff.
As for the way, sometimes one or two heavy machine guns were dropped, and sometimes one or two grenade launchers were dropped, constantly paralyzing the little Japs and making them believe that the fleeing Eighth Route Army troops had no fighting spirit.
During the pursuit, Ishii Haraichi saw that he was gradually deviating from the direction of Zhangjiazhuang, but the Eighth Route Army that was fleeing not far away was really disgusting. Seeing the pursuing imperial troops slow down, they actually turned back towards the imperial troops. , using grenades and light machine guns to attack.
In the blink of an eye, the Japanese army suffered more casualties.
It's really hateful.
The Japanese Chief of Staff said: "Your Excellency, Chief of Staff, it seems that this Eighth Route Army wants to lure us away from the direction of Zhangjiazhuang. It probably wants to hold us back until their main force in the West Village repels our troops in the West Village before returning to support Zhangjiazhuang." .”
"It's just that the Eighth Route Army in front of us is definitely the main force of the Independent Regiment in Zhangjiazhuang. Judging from the previous battles, the combat effectiveness of this Eighth Route Army is not weak."
"If we leave this Eighth Route Army alone, I'm afraid it will be troublesome."
Ishiihara nodded, looking at the Eighth Route Army not far away who had slowed down their pace again, deliberately trying to seduce the appetite of the imperial troops, feeling unbearable anger in his heart.
He ordered: "If this Eighth Route Army retreats to Zhangjiazhuang and uses the village defense, it will be detrimental to us. Fighting in the wild can better take advantage of the empire's artillery fire. Send the order, speed up the pursuit, quickly kill this Eighth Route Army, and turn around immediately." Attack Zhangjiazhuang."
"Hi!"
The pace of the Japanese chasing team hastened in vain.
The light-armed infantrymen who were the first to pursue the Japs had even caught up with the retreating Eighth Route Army soldiers.
The two sides exchanged firepower intermittently.
The soldiers of the first company deliberately pulled the battle line. As the Japanese army continued to pursue them, the Japanese's light troops even distanced themselves from the troops carrying baggage in the rear.
In this way, it took more than twenty minutes for the soldiers of the first company and the militia soldiers to finally successfully lure the Ishii regiment to the low cliff area.
Originally, under normal circumstances, the low cliff area had mountains on both sides and lush trees.
Ishii Haraichi may also be overly cautious, worried about whether there will be an ambush by the Eighth Route Army here.
But during this pursuit, the escaping Eighth Route Army advanced and retreated, retreated and advanced, and several times they were about to be completely surrounded and wiped out by the overtaking imperial troops.
As a result, he escaped again.
This kind of torture in disguised form had already caused Ishii Yuanichi to lose his inner peace.
Ishii Haraichi just wanted to completely surround the fleeing Eighth Route Army and eliminate it in one fell swoop.
In addition, the information obtained by Ishii Haraichi was that the main force of the Eighth Route Army was in the West Village, and in front of him was the main force of the Eighth Route Army from Zhangjiazhuang, with a total strength of about 500 people.
The total strength of the independent regiment was not very large, so Ishiihara was not worried about being attacked by the main force of the Eighth Route Army in the Aiya area.
Until the battle in the low cliff area suddenly started.
Looking at the large number of Eighth Route Army troops that almost jumped out from all over the mountains and fields, Ishiihara felt a little stupid.
Such a large number of Eighth Route Army soldiers, at a glance, there must be no less than a thousand people, and there are even a team of two thousand people.
This is definitely the main force of the Eighth Route Army. It looks like it was ambushed here early in the morning.
But what is going on? Isn't the main force of the Eighth Route Army located in the West Village?
Could it be...that he was deceived?
But if the Eighth Route Army's troops in Xicun were not the main force of the independent regiment, how could they force the troops in Xicun to hold on to the danger? Even the Japanese captain bluntly said that the casualties were heavy, and what he was facing must be the main force of the Eighth Route Army?
Brief thoughts echoed in Ishii Yuanichi's mind, and Ishii Yuanichi was confused after all.
But the facts are before our eyes. It turns out that this Eighth Route Army is constantly retreating just to lure the main force of Ishii Regiment into the encirclement of the main force of the Eighth Route Army ambushing here.
"beat--"
The three battalion commanders of the Independent Regiment, who had been waiting eagerly for a long time, would not be polite to the little devil.
Seeing that the main force of the Ishii regiment stepped into the ambush circle under the lure of the first company and militia soldiers, the first battalion commander Wang Leihu did not hesitate and took the lead in issuing the order to start the fight.
The second and third battalion commanders, who led the teams lurking in the other two directions, also issued combat orders at the same time.
Speaking of the topography of Aoiya here, it is very strange, like a basin with bulges on all sides and a low-lying middle. At this moment, the Japanese soldiers of the Ishii Regiment are in the lowest area of the basin.
The firepower of the three battalions of the independent regiment was placed in three directions, directly covering the Japanese in the concave area with cross fire.
As for the specific firepower arrangement, it is similar to Du Aiguo's arrangement.
Make the most of every firepower your warriors have at their disposal.
The echelon configuration includes grenades, rifles, light and heavy machine guns, heartless cannons, grenades, and the artillery of the artillery battery commanded by Wang Chengzhu arranged in the rear.
After the intense and violent firepower suddenly erupted, Ishii Haraichi looked like he had seen a ghost.
He now finally realized how stupid the errors in the information he had collected about the Independent Regiment were.
According to the intelligence collected by Ishii Haraichi, the firepower configuration of this independent regiment is quite sophisticated among the Eighth Route Army.
However, the Japanese did not think too much. Preliminary speculation was that the equipment of this independent regiment should be similar to the conventional combat troops of the Jinsui Army.
But the independent team ambushing in front of them suddenly burst out with firepower.
This is more than a little stronger than the conventional combat troops of the Jinsui Army.
Even compared to the firepower configuration of his Ishii unit, it was only stronger than it was.
Ishiihara glanced over one by one, and there were more than a dozen heavy machine guns roaring in three directions. Judging from the intentions of these Eighth Route Army troops, they were not worried about the supply of ammunition at all. This simply overturned Ishiihara's pair of backward equipment and scarce ammunition. Perception of the Eighth Route Army.
There were also several loud noises from the explosive packets thrown by launchers or catapults, which directly frightened the faces of the Japanese who were ambushed.
It is definitely a new weapon developed by the Eighth Route Army.
Now that I think about it, the reason why the Imperial troops in Nishimura regard the team ambushing in Nishimura as the main force of the independent regiment is probably because the Eighth Route Army has too much firepower.
Covered by fierce fire from three directions, even the well-trained Japs were completely unable to withstand it.
Ishii Haraichi, who was brutally ambushed, came clamoring for a head-on confrontation with the Eighth Route Army!
As soon as the battle began and the powerful firepower of the Eighth Route Army broke out, Ishii Haraichi's original intention of annihilating this Eighth Route Army disappeared. He didn't even think about it and immediately issued an order for a tactical retreat.
If you don't escape, will you be wiped out by the Eighth Route Army in this ambush circle?
In the mountains and forests on both sides, the Eighth Route Army soldiers who were closer to the Japanese army took out the red-tipped bullets in their left pockets and fired. Those who were further away took out the conventional bullets in their right pockets and fired.
When a red-tipped bullet flew out, the bullet broke instantly and hit the Japs. Even though they were not too close, the soldiers who took out the guns could still see the extreme pain on the Japs' faces. And a somewhat twisted expression.
This kind of red-tipped bullet, which has the effect of a dummy bullet, is indeed a little devil’s nightmare.
"Dum bomb, it's a dum bomb!" An old devil screamed in horror in the ambushed Japs camp.
The Japanese around were also frightened.
The original fighting spirit was reduced by seven points in the blink of an eye.
Ishii Haraichi wanted to use the artillery squadron's artillery to reverse the situation. Unfortunately, before his artillery had time to deploy, he was locked in advance by the independent regiment's artillery.
After the forward artillery observer conveyed the specific coordinates of the Japanese artillery to the rear artillery battery through semaphores, Wang Chengzhu immediately commanded several infantry cannons, 82mm mortars, and two mountain guns in the artillery battery to attack the Japanese. artillery for targeted clearing.
At this point, Ishiihara finally despaired. These Eighth Route Army troops even had sharp weapons like infantry artillery. Now they were ambushed by these Eighth Route Army troops. How could they fight this battle?
"The rear team becomes the front team, and the front team serves as the guard force and immediately conducts a tactical retreat!"
Ishii Haraichi can't care about anything else now, he can only escape first.
So the two sides made a very dramatic transition.
Originally, the Ishii Regiment was chasing the First Company and the militia soldiers, but now things have changed, and it is the turn of the Independent Regiment soldiers to chase the Japanese from the Ishii Regiment.
Originally, the first company and the militia soldiers deliberately discarded some light and heavy machine guns and grenade launchers to the Japs as they retreated. Now the Japs were in a hurry and had no time to move the heavy artillery. Some of them even had no time to blow up, so they had no choice but to Lost in vain to the pursuing independent regiment.
Second Battalion Commander Shen Quan saw that the transport truck behind the Japs had started up and seemed to want to carry the artillery to evacuate. He immediately ordered: "Zhuzhu, fire quickly and blow up the Japs' car before we start!"
Boom——
The artillery shells from several artillery batteries hit the Japanese truck convoy directly.
Under a round of artillery fire, six Japanese trucks were directly blown up. The remaining four Japanese trucks were launched in time with the rescue of the little Japanese, and they hurriedly retreated dragging several artillery pieces.
So far.
Ishii United's defeat is certain.
He retreated in panic. This was a great shame for Ishii Haraichi, and it was an unprecedented first time.
"Comrades, beat up the drowned dog and kill him!"
The commander of the first battalion, Wang Leihu, became red-eyed and took the lead in charging towards the retreating troops of the Japanese. In the past, the national army chased by the Japanese was defeated, but at this moment, it actually seemed to be the other way around.
Of course, the Japanese trained quickly. Even in the process of retreating, there were still rearguard troops and orderly counterattacks, but they would not be defeated directly like the national army.
…
On the other side, one kilometer away from the cliff, Ding Wei finally arrived with a new regiment of troops.
The scouts who spread around quickly returned and reported to Ding Weihui: "Report to the leader, the Japanese have escaped from the direction of Aiya, and the comrades of the independent regiment behind them seem to be pursuing them!"
First Battalion Commander Sun Zhenguo said in admiration: "Captain, you really guessed it right. Commander Kong is really powerful. He is the main force of the Japanese Army, and he was defeated by them."
Ding Weile said: "Let me tell you, if it comes too late, we may not even be able to drink soup."
"Captain, how should we fight?"
Ding Wei said: "It's easy to fight. The old rules are to arrange the echelon and block the attack in sections. Let's unite the comrades of the Independent Regiment to attack from the front and back."
"We agreed, don't block the way for the Japanese to retreat. Rabbits will bite people when they are anxious. If the Japanese really pounce on us with all their might, we won't be able to withstand it."
"Separate the attack in stages to leave a way for the little Japanese to retreat. The Japanese will not be interested in fighting. We take the opportunity to expand the results of the battle. If we can kill one more Japanese, we will count it as a Japanese."
"yes!"
…
West Village.
There are more than 200 remaining Japanese troops, holding on to the danger.
The attacking teams of the fourth and fifth battalion commanders were blocked at the bottom of the hillside by the Japanese taking advantage of their condescending terrain.
One of the company commanders suggested a forceful attack, which would definitely wipe out the two hundred or so Japs in one fell swoop.
But Du Aiguo shook his head and said: "Old Lei, I suggest that we stay in a stalemate with the Japs. This Japs are probably waiting for their main force all the way to Zhangjiazhuang. We don't need to risk a charge. This way casualties are inevitable. Li Tuan The commander and the others must be taking the opportunity to make a detour, let's wait until Commander Li and the others come over, and then we can find a way to kill these Japs."
"Okay!" Fourth Battalion Commander Wang Lei Dasheng responded.
…
Short cliff.
"Your Excellency, Wing Commander, the pursuing Eighth Route Army has bitten our rear guard again."
The communication soldier's report made Ishiihara frown. This damn road is not over yet.
The elite of our empire want to withdraw, but your Eighth Route Army can stop them?
On the battlefield against China, there has never been a precedent for the Imperial Regiment to be completely wiped out.
Suppressing the humiliation and anger in his heart, Ishiihara ordered a pair of communication soldiers: "Request air support immediately."
"Hi!"
"Notify each team that after the fighter jets arrive, our unit will take the opportunity to get rid of the Eighth Route Army and retreat towards Yangquan County."
"Hi!"
Then, Ishii Haraichi led the troops to continue to retreat towards Yangquan, and soon encountered a blockade from Ding Wei's new regiment on both sides of the mountain road.
Seeing the hundreds of Eighth Route Army troops emerging from both sides of the mountain road again, Ishii Haraichi went completely crazy.
How many Eighth Route Army troops are hidden in this Niukou Village generation?
It was only then that Ishii Haraichi realized how ridiculous it was for him to attempt to completely annihilate the independent regiment with a regiment of troops.
The strength of the Eighth Route Army entrenched in Niukou Village far exceeded the judgment of the imperial intelligence department.
Moreover, these Eighth Route Army troops that suddenly appeared on both sides of the mountain road have equally powerful firepower configuration and combat effectiveness.
These Eighth Route Army were very cunning and had no intention of fighting to the death with the Ishii Regiment. They only ambushed the Ishii Regiment on both sides, but left the Ishii Regiment's retreat path open.
Ishii Haraichi is now only focused on retreating and has no intention of fighting, so he can only be passively beaten along the way. The casualties of Ishii Regiment continue to rise.
In this way, after Ishiihara struggled for more than 20 minutes, the Japanese air support finally arrived.
More than a dozen fighter jets roared towards the Niukou Village area, and the roar of their engines could be heard by Shen Quan and others even from a long distance away.
"Hidden, quickly, everyone takes cover immediately!"
Chen Quan quickly ordered.
"Captain, no, the Japs' plane is coming." On the top of the slope where he was ambushed on both sides, Sun Zhenguo's expression changed.
Ding Wei said hurriedly: "Get off the top of the slope immediately and use the cover of the woods to hide."
"yes!"
Boom boom boom——
Amidst the bombing sound that shook the world, watching the pursuing Eighth Route Army being forced to retreat by the bombs, Ishii Haraichi finally smiled, and the majesty of the Japanese Empire was finally revealed at this moment...
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