When night came, the two Japanese soldiers joined together, and their total strength was already at the level of a brigade. They are only about three kilometers away from the Xinye Brigade, so they can get there at any time if something happens.
The Japs of the 16th Division did not think that the Independent Regiment would attack the Xinye Brigade. Even if they are remnants of the army, they still have a lot of troops left. How can they be so easy to deal with?
The Japs from these two brigades were not in a hurry to merge with the Xinye Brigade, but instead built a solid peripheral defense line for the brigade. Just be careful to guard against Wen San's independent group.
The Japanese all know that the Independent Regiment is very good at night fighting. When setting up camp, they still made elaborate defenses and did not easily give the Independent Regiment a chance to attack at night.
The camps of the two brigades are at the horns of each other. Once a war breaks out, they can support each other at any time and have the opportunity to form an encirclement. They form an isosceles triangle shape with the New Wild Brigade.
The Xinye Brigade is the vertex of this triangle, and in front of the vertex is the defense area of the 154th Division.
The distance between the two brigades is only about two kilometers. They are the two base corners of this isosceles triangle, and they look like the two fists stretched out by the Xinye Brigade.
The enemy's arrangement is actually very strict, and it is very dangerous to attack them from any angle.
After Li Baisha's third battalion reached the vicinity, the sentinels who came forward had already sent back the details of the Japanese camp.
This cow is indeed a bit big, and its nose is very difficult to hold.
"Go up to a few grenade groups, fire two or three shells and run away; rocket launchers and heavy machine gun companies occupy favorable terrain and set up a small ambush for the Japanese." Li Baisha observed the surrounding location and found that there was indeed no good terrain for ambush.
The Japanese have also set up security posts, so they can be easily spotted if they get too close.
Fortunately, his mission is not to fight to the death with the Japanese, he can just hit him casually to make the Japanese angry.
The grenade team quickly arrived at the Japanese camp, and the dots of flames in the camp played a good guiding role. Just fire at those places. Whether you can achieve results depends entirely on God's will.
The Japs had just gotten some rest after a busy day, and many Japs were bragging and chatting at the heads of their respective teams. Some of the particularly tired little devils simply fell to the ground and went to sleep.
Compared with the tiring work of the day, this moment of time is naturally an extremely leisurely and good time. But the good times didn't last long, as several artillery shells fell from the sky, quickly breaking the Japanese's leisure time.
"Enemy attack, enemy attack! The damn independent regiment must be active again!" Many Japanese officers shouted, and promptly passed the news to the frontline headquarters.
The Japs headquarters had long expected that the Independent Regiment would come out at night, and immediately ordered the Japs from the two brigades to take action quickly, at least to hold back this cunning unit and prevent them from running away easily.
The Japanese responded quickly. Not many shells fell on them, and they did not cause many casualties. They have also done a lot of research on the independent regiment's night fighting methods. They will not rush in like a swarm of swarms like they did before.
The Japanese troops came to life organically and moved forward slowly, not giving their opponents a chance to form a superior force. At the same time, Gui Lie on the other side quickly maneuvered, trying to take Li Baisha's retreat.
The light and heavy machine gun teams arranged by Li Baisha did not play a role in ambush, which made the soldiers a little depressed. After suffering many losses, the devil finally became smarter.
"Get the whole battalion moving and retreat according to the established route." Li Baisha was very calm. As long as the Japanese were willing to catch up and mobilize the troops of the brigade, his mission would be considered a success.
As for whether they can eliminate a large number of Japs, this is not their battle goal tonight.
There were quite a few soldiers in one battalion, and Li Baisha asked them to make as much noise as possible to attract the Japanese troops. The outpost arranged by the Japanese quickly passed back the relevant news and confirmed that there were many troops attacking them.
"Yo Xi, this unit is going to play a trick of sneak attack again. There are so many of them, they can hit and run away. They are obviously trying to lure us to pursue." The brigade commander really saw through Li Baisha's combat intention.
Because the Independent Group had used the same method several times, and each time it beat the Japanese very painfully. The Japanese are not stupid. They have lost so many troops, so they are naturally studying independent group warfare. Especially the various methods used in night battles are known to the Japanese front-line troops and officers above the captain level.
"Let the troops slow down the pursuit and create opportunities for friendly forces to encircle them." The Japs ordered again, and several brigades of Japs slowed down and moved forward very carefully.
"Battal Commander, the Japs are very cautious this time. The Japs in the other direction are running very fast. If we retreat at the current speed, we will probably fall into the Japs encirclement of two brigades." The sentry came out quickly. Find out the Japanese's movements.
Both the enemy and ourselves are using their brains. They are obviously frightened by the independent group and are acting very carefully.
"Speed up the retreat and jump out of the Japanese encirclement first. They couldn't determine the main force of our troops, so they didn't use force." Li Baisha's judgment was basically reasonable.
The Japs were indeed guessing at the strength of the troops in front. One battalion had a lot of troops, but it was not yet capable of affecting the strength of the Japs' two brigades. Their sentries were searching everywhere, hoping to find the entire independent regiment.
As soon as Li Baisha's German weapons battalion escaped from the enemy's encirclement, it exchanged fire with the vanguard of another brigade. This time, Li Baisha didn't hold back. He rushed up and took full advantage of his individual weapons. In one fell swoop, more than half of the Japs' vanguard troops were wiped out.
The individual rocket launcher performs very well in close combat, basically it can hit anywhere. The Japs didn't even have a chance to use the grenade, and the reaction speed between the two was simply not on the same level.
After the third battalion harvested a wave, they immediately retreated, not wanting to fight at all. Still following Wen San's request, he lured the Japanese deeper into his camp and left his camp.
"Retreat according to the original route. I don't believe that the Japanese will suffer a loss and will not follow." Li Baisha didn't care what the Japanese thought.
So far, their goals have been basically achieved.
The Japanese commanders of the two brigades actually knew in their hearts that this unit was seducing them, and there must be a back-up plan waiting for them.
But the combined strength of the two armies is tens of thousands, what is there to be afraid of? What's more, Old Japanese Matsui gave them a death order, and this independent group must be eliminated, even if they pay a certain price.
So you still have to chase, but you need to be more cautious in the process of chasing. Don't be easily ambushed by the enemy.
This situation seemed a bit funny. Li Baisha's German Arms Camp was like a little shepherd boy, leading a huge old cow behind him, and followed him slowly.
