It wasn’t just Zhao Gang who was heartbroken.
For the little devils, they are actually miserable now and have suffered heavy losses.
Almost all of the four squadrons that were committed to charging the northern and southern fronts were destroyed on the way to the charge.
Coupled with the artillery confrontation, although the mortars on the independent regiment's side were technically inferior, the geographical advantage and the advantage of observing from a high position allowed the mortars retained by the independent regiment to play a major role. The team is basically finished.
The grenadiers and heavy machine guns that followed the infantry attack also suffered heavy losses.
Almost half of them were spent on the charge.
The Horuchi Brigade and the Ishii Mori Brigade have lost more than half of their losses. In contrast, the Fujino Brigade has remained relatively intact.
So overall, this round of bloody battle between the Independent Regiment and the Japs was still fought to the limit of one for one, but the Japs did not stop at all. The Fujino Brigade, as a new force, directly invested two infantry squadrons and a machine gun squadron to continue. Attack!
The artillery team also provided extended artillery support from behind.
Watanabe Yuuji, who had made up his mind, faced the four squadrons reported to him by his subordinates. His heart was as hard as iron. Now is the time to fight.
If there were no external forces, and Li Yunlong and Gao Jianwu's Dagushan guerrillas were pressing behind them, Watanabe Yuuji would not have issued a fatal order for the three brigades to attack regardless of casualties.
This was because the Locust Army’s firepower advantage over the defenders was not fully utilized. The huge casualties were the most obvious example. During Yuji Watanabe’s combat career, whether he faced the Northeastern Army or the Northwest Army’s Shanxi-Sui Army, he A regiment has never suffered such casualties when facing an opposing division!
To put it bluntly, today's battle is a stain that Yuji Watanabe cannot wash away in his life!
But now, Watanabe Yuuji will not think about these, but how to achieve the final victory, even if he loses two teams!
But Yuji Watanabe didn't have this chance today, and the angry Li Yunlong finally caught up.
It took the First Battalion of the Independent Regiment and the Dagushan Guerrilla Brigade more than half an hour to finally catch up with the rear group of the Japanese who escaped first.
Kenji Hashimoto looked at the dark Tubal Road chasing after him, and his heart suddenly lurked. As far as his little eyes could see now, at least there were people on Tubal Road for more than 2 miles!
This is a bit scary. Judging from his experience, there are at least 3,000 people!
Seeing that there were more than a hundred mules and horses running wildly with the Tubal Road forward, Hashimoto Kenji instantly understood that it was the heavy weapon carried by Tubal Road!
"Your Excellency, Mr. Daizuo, the Dobali who are chasing after you is very dangerous!" Hashimoto Kenji said as he lined up to catch up with Watanabe Yuuji. "We must stop them on the spot, and also rush the Fujino brigade artillery squad to come over and destroy them!"
"If I guess correctly, the group of mules and horses in front of us are the Dagushan guerrillas on Tubal Road. That's why they have so many heavy weapons to carry on camels! We must use infantry artillery to fight their mortars!"
Before Hashimoto Kenji went to war, he certainly did not know anything about the two goals of the Independence Regiment and the Dagushan Guerrillas. Relatively speaking, Hashimoto had a detailed report from the Dagushan Guerrillas by Katsuki Horuchi. Kenji was even more impressed.
Because there are guerrillas with dozens of mortars, Hashimoto Kenji had never heard of them before. For a time, he thought that Horuchi Katsumi was lying about the military situation, but when Hashimoto Kenji general Dagushan All intelligence data on combat cases of the guerrillas are combined and analyzed.
Only then did Hashimoto Kenji realize that Horuchi Katsumi's center and left were not mixed with water. Before that, almost all the battles of the Dagushan guerrillas were annihilation battles!
This is quite terrifying. Without absolute firepower and troops, it is extremely difficult to annihilate a squadron of locust troops. However, in the hands of the Dagushan guerrillas, countless squadrons were wiped out!
Of course, Watanabe Yuuji also saw the pursuers. The distance between the two sides was now less than 500 meters. Although the faces could not be seen clearly, people and mules and horses could be clearly distinguished.
"Hashimoto-kun, I will hand over all the reserve troops to you and mobilize an artillery squad to support you. Please be sure to block Tubal Road and allow the Locust Army to completely occupy Zhao Jiayu before retreating." Yuji Watanabe hesitated for less than three seconds. , and handed over a difficult task to Kenji Hashimoto.
"Hey!" Faced with this almost death mission, Hashimoto Kenji accepted it without hesitation.
On the one hand, he is well aware of the importance of blocking the opponent now. If the reserve Li Yunlong is allowed to approach Zhao Jiayu, the locust army attacking Zhao Jiayu may be in trouble.
On the other hand, Hashimoto Kenji also has confidence in himself. Although there are only two broken infantry squadrons, with a total of more than 100 people, there are still more than 100 people in the baggage team and machine gun squadron, plus a few rescued The heavy machine guns and ammunition are there. In this narrow valley, one man may not be able to hold the barrier.
After he won this battle, for Watanabe Yuuji, he was not only a qualified staff candidate, but also had the ability to take charge of his own role.
For Kenji Hashimoto's efforts to become a captain, this is a crucial plus point.
Wealth and wealth are found in danger, not to mention Hashimoto Kenji himself has been looking for such an opportunity. If he doesn't turn the tide in a critical moment, how can he show his ability as Hashimoto Kenji? !
"Kawamoto-kun, follow me! Leave the remaining troops to Hashimoto-kun." Watanabe Yuuji took a deep look at Kenji Hashimoto, then looked past him and landed on Taro Kawamoto, and waved at him. He waved.
"Hey!" Although Taro Kawamoto was a little confused, he still quickly executed the order, called the only squad leader left around him, and handed over the remaining 50 or so little Japs in his squadron to Kenji Hashimoto.
After Kenji Hashimoto took over the command, he immediately ordered the little devils to start seizing the high ground on the nearby hillside to build a position.
"Captain, the kid is preparing to fight with us." Shen Quan, who was watching the kid's movements, ran up to Li Yunlong, "At this distance, let's stop and use mortars to hit the kid first. Let’s talk about it later.”
Li Yunlong frowned when he saw that the other party unfolded 6 heavy machine guns under his nose, but then he thought about Shen Quan who had already brought the mortar team with him. It seemed that this guy had already followed him. Be on guard.
Although the First Battalion of the Independent Regiment has always been the main force, after seeing the way the Dagushan Guerrilla Brigade fought, Li Yunlong always felt frustrated that his methods were a bit behind the times in front of the Dagushan Guerrilla Brigade. .
But in today's situation, Li Yunlong knew that it was not the time to take care of his emotions. These heavy machine guns were set up on the hillside over there, waiting for the people on his side to rush over, and he didn't know how many people would die.
"Zhang Dabiao, stop the team first, rest on the spot and wait until Shen Quan kills the Japs with the machine gun!" Li Yunlong, of course, would not do such a stupid thing, and immediately ordered.
On the other side, Shen Quan gave an order, and 12 mortar teams of the 1, 2, 3, and 4 Infantry Division immediately began to remove mortars and artillery shells from the mules and horses.
A total of 12 60mm mortars were arranged on the reverse slope on the main road.
"Captain, can you..." Zhang Dabiao looked at the smoking mortars with eager eyes, and wanted Li Yunlong to distribute the mortars from Dagushan to his battalion. However, Before he finished speaking, he was blocked by Li Yunlong.
"Da Biao, don't even think about it. Labor and management are not brigade commanders, and they still want to rob their own equipment." Li Yunlong waved his hand, "Lao and management have told you that if you want something popular and spicy, go and rob the little devils, Two devils!"
"Don't be a bitch, just stare at your own people and pluck them out!"
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