Bright Sword's Bloody War of Resistance

Chapter 685

"Pass my order, at one o'clock, the Xinyi regiment retreats towards Dongming, the 41st regiment retreats westward to Shanxian and Chengwu, the reserve team retreats last, and then takes the initiative to retreat northward to the ambush circle. The cavalry regiment is responsible for rounding off the enemy Retreat!" In the headquarters, Li Yunlong issued the final combat order to the troops belonging to the Southwest Army Division, and even the cavalry regiment, which was the last trump card, was sent to the field.

Several telephones were placed on the table, which were specially used to contact the various front-line combat departments. After hearing Li Yunlong's order, several combat staff officers picked up the phones and began to communicate downwards.

Robbenzhong pushed the door open and said, "Lao Li, it's packed. The comrades in the local armed forces have gone to the front to pick up the wounded. The headquarters can retreat first!"

Hearing this, Li Yunlong looked towards the battlefield ahead where the sound of guns and guns was still fierce: "The foreplay we should sing is over, and the rest is to watch the group and the assault group!"

If it were in the past, Li Yunlong's personality would not tolerate this kind of peach picking, and he had to fight with his superiors.

On the frontal battlefield, although the battle had only started for half a day, the intensity of the battle was unprecedented. Leaving aside the consumption of ammunition, the Maxim heavy machine guns used by the Eighth Route Army stopped firing due to overheating of the barrels.

Both sides in the war were exhausted. Fortunately, because more than half of the Japanese attacking troops were transferred away, the follow-up attack hesitated. Instead, they fired at the Eighth Route Army on the opposite bank.

"Company commander, the headquarters ordered to retreat at one o'clock on time. Our company needs to gather at the regiment headquarters, and then march to Chengwuyu to join the independent regiment!" said the instructor of the 41st Battalion and [-]nd Company of the [-]st Regiment.

"How is the wounded?"

"The last thirteen wounded were just picked up by local comrades, so we don't need to worry about the rest!"

"Battalion Commander, Xiao Zhangzi died just now!" The guard at the side said with tears in his eyes. A comrade who usually slept in a bed was killed by a shell at the last moment of retreat.

Five minutes later, the battalion commander of the guard battalion looked at the time on his watch, and without hesitation immediately, the guard battalion retreated collectively, but there were more than 5 corpses left on the ground.

"The Mountain Artillery Brigade strengthened its fire suppression on the north bank, and must hold back this group of Eighth Route Army!" Sanfu Zhongze said in a deep voice.

The scream of shells piercing the air sounded, and the commander of the guard battalion looked up and shouted: "Bombardment!"

In the early days, the Japanese troops of the [-]th Division rushed forward, but they suffered a great loss in front of the defense line carefully arranged by the Eighth Route Army. It was when Sanfu Zhongze concentrated his forces and wanted to find a breakthrough again, the forces of both sides continued to gather here, and it became a complete war. meat grinder.

"You, immediately go and inform the supply battalion to retreat, and all soldiers in the guard battalion will retreat collectively in 5 minutes!"

"Commissioner, where's the correspondent?" The commander of the guard battalion shouted.

Perhaps the Japanese army believed that it was normal for the Eighth Route Army on the other side to have no counterattack under the cover of artillery fire, and they did not immediately notice the abnormality on the other side.
After about 10 minutes, the Japanese army, which was outflanking all the way, rushed to the vicinity of the position where the reserve team was located. When they used binoculars to investigate, they found that the Eighth Route Army's position was empty.

Originally, when the Japanese troops of the Sixteenth Division dispatched troops, there was about one infantry regiment and one mountain artillery brigade. At this time, after half a day of bloody battle, the Japanese troops from all walks of life suffered heavy casualties.

"Baga! Road!" Sanfu Zhongze looked at the almost undamaged position in front of him, and felt a sense of being played by the Eighth Route Army in his heart.

Unexpectedly, not long after changing to a safe style of play, the Eighth Route Army retreated quietly. Sanfu Zhongze was worried that he would fall into the Eighth Route Army's trick to lure troops. slip away from sight.

When the Japanese army, which was supposed to attack, began to stick to its position on the south bank of the Yellow River, it was no longer dragged down by crossing the river. The tricky guns of the 50th Division caused the casualties of the Second Company to increase sharply. At the same time, the [-] small artillery had a lethal effect on the Japanese army. plummeted.

At this time, the reserve team sent by Li Yunlong was stationed on the opposite bank, and a company of the 41st regiment that was originally stationed here had already withdrawn first.

"Sir, the 38th Division of the Appeasement Army also suffered heavy casualties. There are only about 1500 people left in the rest of the army. They have been frightened by the Tuba Road. They have almost no combat effectiveness at all. Kuroshima Morita is quite critical!" Jing Minming said.

The Mountain Artillery Brigade was not damaged. More than half of the Japanese soldiers in the three heavy machine gun squadrons had 36 heavy machine guns, but now only 1100 remained. The remaining infantry casualties were around 3000. Taking care of it on behalf of the Japanese army, there are less than [-] people left in the [-]th Division of the Japanese Army who can continue to fight.

"Hey, these little devils are really stubborn. When it comes to marksmanship, they are far better than our soldiers. We still need to strengthen training in this area in the future!" The second company commander sighed.

In the aftermath, Mitsuo Nakazawa had no choice but to change his style of play and no longer forced the troops to attack. Instead, the situation shifted to the Japanese side, which had a more obvious artillery advantage.

The gunshots along the entire old course of the Yellow River began to weaken almost at the same time. Except for the main force of the Japanese army under the personal command of Mitsuo Nakazawa, the rest of the attacking troops of the Japanese army and the appeasement army did not notice the abnormality at first, and did not dare to send people rashly. Crossing the river to check the situation, he gave the Eighth Route Army a chance to retreat calmly.

"Yes!" The guard wiped his face indiscriminately, and responded with grief.

As the time for retreat approached, the second company commander let the reinforcements of other companies withdraw first, and the second company was in charge of the rear.

Immediately, a total of twelve shells exploded on the position in the first round, and the position was filled with flames. At this time, the originally strong bunker had collapsed under the continuous bombardment of the Japanese army, and the soldiers of the reserve team could only rely on the ground trenches to fight fight back.

"Nani?" Sanfu Zhongze was taken aback when he heard the words. The gunshots of the Eighth Route Army directly opposite him did not seem to have weakened much: "Give me an order, and the attacking troops from all walks of life will cross the river at random. There is no need to rush into the Eighth Route Army's base area. You can outflank this area." Support the main force of the Eighth Route Army fighting against our troops!"

"Sir, the other attacking troops report that the Eighth Route Army on the other side is suspected of retreating!" the adjutant hurriedly reported.

"Yes, sir, our troops have suffered a lot of casualties. How should we fight next? The main force of the Eighth Route Army is suspected to be fleeing northward. Should our troops pursue it immediately? Maybe we can transfer the Imperial Army troops from Shangqiu to strengthen our troops!" Noda Takeshi on the side also asked.

Today's battle really frightened the little devils. If it was in the past, Noda Takeshi would lead the soldiers of his headquarters to step up the pursuit for the sake of military exploits without the consent of Mitsuo Nakazawa.

Sanfu Zhongze felt a little flustered when he heard the words, but he thought of the faces of Kuroshima Morita and others, and immediately shook his head: "No, our troops still have strength, and the Eighth Route Army only has a strong line of defense to resist the imperial army for half a day. For a long time, order the Mountain Artillery Brigade to replace non-essential combat personnel with infantry weapons, strengthen the strength of the infantry brigade, and report to the division headquarters of the 35th Division to report the progress of our department!"

"Send a search team with a radio to search for traces of the main force of the Eighth Route Army. The rest of the personnel will take a rest temporarily and set off immediately after replenishing ammunition supplies!"

(End of this chapter)