The setting sun casts a golden halo over the distant mountains.
Three consecutive attacks on the mountain ridge broke through the two lines of defense of the Eighth Route Army, killing more than forty Eighth Route Army soldiers. The injured Eighth Route Army cannot be counted for the time being. Calculated based on the "normal" casualty ratio of three to one, the more than 300 Eighth Route Army soldiers should have suffered nearly half casualties!
As the attacker, the Japanese casualties were also not small, and they were getting bigger each time.
Nearly one hundred and two soldiers were killed, and a record-breaking number of minor and serious injuries reached more than three hundred and sixty. More than half of the infantrymen of the attacking team suffered casualties!
The artillery squadron and heavy machine gun crew suffered slightly smaller casualties, with casualties also reaching 20 to 30, and all more than ten engineers were killed!
The infantry lieutenant who was the first to attack had stabbed his command knife into his own abdomen...
How could three guns and eight soldiers suddenly become so powerful in combat!
Since entering this land, even if they attack cities and fortresses, there have never been such heavy casualties!
Let the captain who is commanding this battle have his head buzzing!
How should we arrange the next attack?
I recalled various battle cases in my mind and racked my brains for a long time, but I could not think of a response that was consistent with the battlefield situation at this time.
Mainly because there was a very important question that made his mind restless!
Someone must be responsible for such heavy casualties!
It seems that no one else can be found except myself!
Shaking his head, he saw that the staff officer next to him seemed expressionless.
The captain immediately felt unhappy: "Make the next attack plan immediately!"
The staff officer hesitated: "Your Excellency, Captain, Tubal Road hid death squads in front of their positions in advance. It was through the intensive firepower of grenades and shell guns that our army suffered such heavy casualties..."
He was asked to make a plan, but this guy told him that the battle was over. How dare he turn a deaf ear to his own words?
Ridiculing yourself for being incompetent?
The captain immediately became angry: "There are also many casualties on the Eighth Route Army. I order all the troops to attack, capture the last line of defense of the Eighth Route Army in one fell swoop, and kill all those Eighth Route Army..."
The staff officer still did not turn around and give orders to the messenger next to him. Instead, he advised: "Tubal Road must be commanded by members of the special agent group. With the current casualties of the warriors, we are not allowed to allow the infantry to make unnecessary attacks..."
The captain looked at the staff officer's calm face, and suddenly looked at him with a sinister look: "You are questioning my command..."
The staff officer shook his head: "We should according to the battle plan, the aviation force should bomb first, or send the aviation force to conduct advance reconnaissance of the Tubal Road position layout..."
Do we still need to use aviation to raid Tubal Road?
Where should I put my face when it comes out?
The captain wanted to take out his knife and chop this guy in half: "You mean... I made a mistake in my command?"
Didn't you make a command mistake? Could it be that I made a command mistake?
The staff officer thought so in his heart, but his face remained calm: "Please don't make irrational decisions in anger!"
Bang...a slap fell on the staff officer's face.
The staff officer remained motionless: "Please calm down!"
This guy didn't even bow after being beaten?
The captain couldn't help but wonder if his mood at this moment was really abnormal. However, he could no longer control himself. It was very likely that this attack was the last time he would command a battle.
As for taking responsibility for the failure? That's what a coward does!
The worst he could do was retire and return home. Thinking of this, the captain immediately became hysterical and roared to his staff: "Don't forget, I am the supreme commander!"
"Your Excellency, please be calm. Don't forget that the main target of this combat plan is the Eighth Route Command in the mountains... The Eighth Route Secret Service is just the dessert before the meal..." the staff officer quoted a famous Western saying.
The captain looked at this staff officer who had studied in Europe and did not beat this idiot again!
The scene fell into an inexplicable silence.
The soldiers nearby watched the dog's nose with their eyes, and their noses watched the dog's lungs, not daring to make the slightest sound.
A Japanese man in a white coat followed a lieutenant and trotted to the captain's side: "Report, the wounded man's condition is a little abnormal..."
Is the condition of the injured abnormal? The captain was stunned for a moment. Did he still have to worry about this matter? He suppressed his anger and said, "Did many warriors die again?"
Seeing that the captain's tone was abnormal, the military doctor stepped forward and lowered his voice: "I found that some of the wounded were abnormal. A dozen warriors have been suffering from diarrhea..."
The captain doubted his ears, diarrhea?
Can this bird thing be called abnormal?
He looked up and down at the military doctor in front of him: "Are you talking to me with your butt eyes?"
Seeing the captain ridiculing him for farting, the military doctor was not angry: "I suspect that they are infected with Tiger La bacteria..."
The captain was shocked, of course he knew this.
He had used it before, but when he heard that someone under his command was infected with it, he didn't believe it from the bottom of his heart: "It's impossible!"
"Don't forget, Mr. Takahashi may have been killed in battle!" After the military doctor finished speaking, he turned and left.
The captain was suddenly shocked. When Takahashi left, he indeed had bacterial culture fluid with him!
And until now, there seems to be no trace of Gaoqiao Squad taking advantage of the chaos inside Tubal Road on the mountain ridge!
He absolutely did not believe that the warriors in the advancing team would surrender.
The only possibility is that Takahashi has been killed!
And Tubalu, it is absolutely impossible to know how to use Huliela!
Moreover, that ghost thing must go down into the water source to have any effect.
He shook his head and was about to speak, but found that the military doctor in front of him had disappeared.
Feeling more irritable.
He raised his telescope again and looked toward the mountain ridge.
But it was discovered that many Tubalu were active at the highest point of the mountain ridge. It was obvious that Tubalu was holding back something bad.
The captain looked at the staff officer and suddenly said: "Send a report to the wing headquarters immediately, report the situation of our attack, and request aviation support!"
This time, the staff found no objection and immediately arranged for a radio operator to report.
I looked up at the sky, it was almost dusk.
Half an hour has passed since the end of the third attack. It is natural for the aviation force to bomb before dark, but it will be dark after the bombing. How can the aviation force go back?
The captain's idea of launching another attack before dark is no longer possible!
Can only wait until tomorrow...
...
The smoke from the battlefield has cleared.
Only some withered shrubs were scattered by the remaining smoke from the explosion.
The Japanese occupied the second line of defense and were moving rocks to build fortifications.
The machine gun group behind moved forward again and might launch a final attack on the ridge at any time.
The Eighth Route Army at the highest point of the mountain seemed to be watching the Japanese at work three hundred meters away.
The Japs lay on the ground and raised their guns to the highest point on guard, but did not bother to shoot.
There seemed to be a tacit understanding between the two sides, and no one was quarrelsome.
Ma Liang's platoon of more than thirty people only returned eight.
They were all carried back by Qi Lao and his gang who once again poured water on the wounded Japanese soldiers.
Fortunately, the platoon of Tian Sanqi Company holding the position did not suffer heavy casualties.
After a while.
None of the Japanese who occupied the second line of defense launched an attack on the ridge.
The artillery position behind did not bombard the position on the top of the ridge.
The battlefield seemed to suddenly become quiet.
Even the observation posts that popped up on the mountain ridge from time to time did not provoke the Japanese infantry to shoot at them.
The battle on the ridge to the east ended earlier.
Wang Xiaosan lay down next to Hu Yi: "Not long after our battle started, the Japanese plane in the east disappeared..."
No movement from the Japs in the canyon?
No...
Hu Yi turned to look at Li Xiang next to him: "Where is the south?"
Li Xiang replied calmly: "The Japs seem to be manipulating positions below. There is absolutely no hope of breaking out from the south!"
Hu Yi's eyes fell on Luo Fugui: "Are you sure there is only one Japanese squadron in the valley to the west?"
When Luo Fugui heard that it was his turn, he immediately became excited: "You can't be wrong. Grandma's little devils are divided into three parts. No matter where we go, we can only forcefully break through their defense line..."
Before Luo Fugui finished speaking, one of his soldiers gasped for air and rushed over from the bushes to the west: "Report, on the ridge opposite the valley to the west, someone in the south is using a mirror to look at us. ..”
Hu Yi was stunned for a moment and immediately raised his telescope...
Several people nearby also quickly pulled out their binoculars to observe...
"Where..."
"Could it be that the reinforcements called by the guerrillas went there?"
"There..." The observer raised his hand and pointed to the southwest ridge.
Following the direction of his finger, Hu Yi immediately saw that on the mountain ridge on the opposite side of the valley, a group of light was flashing this way...
"I saw someone on the ridge opposite... Grandma, what does he mean by shaking the mirror?"
Li Xiang was stunned for a moment: "Hurry up and find a mirror..."
"Looking for a mirror? It's so far away, and the sun is about to set. We can't turn the light to the mountain ridge over there..." Liu Yuanqing, who was leaning behind the stone, shook his head.
Xiao Hongying next to her glanced at this person: "Do you have any idea?"
"Hehe, the distance is too far, and it's impossible to raise a flag, but I have a way..." Liu Yuanqing shook his head, still looking like a seriously injured person: "Hurry, light three fires on the ground below, let the People on the hilltop opposite can see..."
Hu Yi nodded, and Wang Xiaosan immediately arranged the manpower...
Soon, dead branches and leaves from the bushes were set alight.
After a while, Liu Yuanqing ordered Wan Shaoxi, who was watching the excitement: "Fire three artillery shells at the Japanese position in the valley to the west..."
Wan Zaixi was stunned for a moment: "What, we don't have many artillery shells to begin with..."
Hu Yi turned around and looked around, and immediately understood what Liu Yuanqing was thinking, and shook his head: "It's inappropriate to reveal the direction of the breakout at this time..."
Liu Yuanqing grinned: "Haha, Chief Hu, with the fire we are lighting at this location, he can't see the Japs under the cliff in the south. It's blocked by the ridge. He can't see the Japs in the north either. Except for the ridge opposite, The little devil can’t see anyone, don’t you think so?”
Hu Yi nodded: "That makes sense..."
Liu Yuanqing's face suddenly became serious, and he looked at the details: "I'll shoot two more shots at the Japanese position in the south later. Well, if there are no shells, you can also use a grenade. Anyway, there are not too many. Remember, go south." Just fire two shots and throw a few more grenades into the canyon to the east. If there is a National Army team on the opposite hill, they will definitely understand that we are about to break off the cliff and break out to the west!"
Luo Fugui stared wide-eyed: "Grandma, what if the person playing with the mirror opposite is a Japanese?"
Liu Yuanqing was confident: "The Japs have surrounded us now. Do you think he will have nothing to do... Go to the mountain so far to play in the mountain breeze..."
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