The Sword of Swords is a Guard for Kong Jie

Chapter 1430: Walking into a Trap (First Update)

The more Wei Dayong thought about it, the more serious his expression became. He decisively put down the telescope and challenged Huang Yu to fight: "Captain..."

"I'm still a little worried about fighting on the front line..."

"The enemy's counterattack force has at least two battalions, and we only have four battalions. It's like one main battalion has to deal with two squadrons of Japanese soldiers, and we have to fight quickly. The combat pressure on the participating troops must be very high."

"The battlefield is ever-changing, and opportunities are fleeting. The command center is more than a thousand meters away from the battlefield. It takes at least ten minutes to transmit an order back and forth, which can easily affect the front-line battle."

"I want to go to the front line myself."

"If we find a fighter plane, immediately mobilize our troops to close the net and not give the Kwantung Army any chance to react, thus increasing our chances of winning."

Huang Yu also wanted to go to the battlefield in person, but Wei Dayong and several battalion commanders disagreed no matter what.

After much persuasion, he allowed him to build his headquarters halfway up the mountain, where he could overlook the entire battlefield and learn the latest situation of the battlefield at any time.

But this is not the front line.

As Wei Dayong said, it took more than ten minutes just to pass an order back and forth.

Opportunities for battle are fleeting. In a battle encounter, by the time the attack order reaches the front line, the Japanese have already run away.

Since I can't go to the front line, I can let Wei Dayong go on my behalf.

He immediately ordered: "Speed ​​up, pay attention to safety..."

"As soon as the main force of the Kwantung Army breaks out of their base, we will immediately encircle them..."

"Take out all the light and heavy machine guns and mortars, and use the most intense firepower to attack the Kwantung Army's counterattack forces, knocking them unconscious and crippling them...more than half of them were killed or wounded before they could even fight back."

"I will be here to look down on the entire battlefield..."

"If the Kwantung Army pulls other troops from its base to reinforce the battlefield and intends to attack our outflanking troops from both inside and outside, I will immediately fire three flares into the sky..."

"No matter what the troops are doing at the time, they must leave the battle immediately upon seeing the retreat signal. There can be no delay for even a minute."

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Directly east of the Koike Brigade headquarters.

About a company of the Eighth Route Army was charging forward rapidly in squads and platoons.

The grenade throwers following behind them continued to fire grenades, knocking out the light and heavy machine gun fire points blocking the assault troops.

"Dong dong dong..."

Two heavy machine guns suddenly opened fire, blocking the attacking troops directly in front of them.

This was the closest line of defense to the Koike Regiment’s base.

The Kwantung Army arranged a reinforced team to defend here.

As long as the Eighth Route Army breaks through this line of defense, it will directly threaten the safety of the garrison.

The Kwantung Army also knew the importance of this line of defense. Light and heavy machine guns kept firing, and riflemen hiding behind bunkers also fired desperately in an attempt to stop the Eighth Route Army's offensive forces.

"Boom boom boom..."

Several grenades arrived as expected and accurately hit a heavy machine gun fire point on the defense line.

As the explosion sounded, the dull sound of heavy machine gun fire came to an abrupt end.

The blocking firepower on the Japanese defense line suddenly weakened a lot.

"Boom boom boom..."

When the grenade throwers were about to fire grenades at the next heavy machine gun fire point, a new round of explosions sounded in their ears, and then several grenade throwers flew up in the explosion, and the others were almost blown to the ground, their lives uncertain. "Not good... our grenade throwers have been targeted by the Japanese gunners, and the Kwantung Army is likely to counterattack!" Wei Dayong saw the grenade throwers being blown up in the artillery fire and shouted immediately.

“Dong dong dong… da da da…”

As soon as he finished speaking, the firepower from the Kwantung Army's last temporary defense line began to intensify.

There were originally two heavy machine guns firing strafing shots. After one was destroyed by the grenade throwers, there was only one left. As a result, the number suddenly increased to five.

The attacking force was instantly suppressed by powerful firepower and could not move forward.

"Kill me..."

A group of Kwantung Army soldiers, armed with rifles with fixed bayonets, rushed out of the defense line and quickly approached the attacking force under the cover of light and heavy machine guns, trying to eliminate them around the garrison.

Seeing this scene, Wei Dayong was 100% sure that the Kwantung Army in the station had begun to counterattack.

Moreover, it was a large-scale counterattack without any trial, with the main force being deployed right away.

If we were not prepared, the reinforced company that was attacking would most likely be wiped out here.

Wei Dayong immediately ordered: "Artillery and grenade launchers provide cover, the attacking troops immediately retreat, execute according to the predetermined combat plan, and bring the Kwantung Army's counterattack troops into our pocket!"

The Japanese captain seemed to have gone mad with killing intent.

It was also he who commanded his troops to launch a counterattack against the Eighth Route Army's sneak attack troops in the previous two nights.

But they always test the waters first before sending out the main force.

As a result, the exploratory troops and the troops stationed at the guard positions were all severely damaged by the Eighth Route Army.

By the time he led the main force to the battlefield, the Eighth Route Army had already taken away the spoils and disappeared without a trace.

What made the captain even more angry was.

The exploratory troops and guard position garrisons that had been badly damaged in the previous two nights were all his subordinates, and the scattered losses added up to almost two squadrons.

Having lost so many troops but not even getting a single drop of the Eighth Route Army's sneak attack troops, the anger in my heart was indescribable.

There is no need to send out a exploratory force tonight. The captain can directly lead the main force to launch a counterattack against the Eighth Route Army's sneak attack force. He feels that his chance to avenge his previous shame has come.

The entire army, from top to bottom, was filled with anger and wanted to wipe out the Eighth Route Army that had attacked them.

Seeing that the Eighth Route Army's attacking troops were suppressed within fifty or sixty meters in front of the formation, they wanted to escape as soon as he launched the counterattack. The captain said he did not want to miss this opportunity for revenge, and he did not want the Eighth Route Army to escape under his nose.

He raised his command knife and waved it forward, shouting an order...

"The third squadron will attack head-on... the fourth squadron will outflank us from the flank. I want to annihilate the sneak attacking troops of the Eighth Route Army... kill them all..."

The Kwantung Army who broke out of the position went crazy, and rushed forward desperately as if they were injected with chicken blood.

Because the two sides were too close, the Kwantung Army did not miss the opportunity to use machine guns to shoot and kill the Eighth Route Army's sneak attack troops.

The light machine gun was held in his arms and used as a submachine gun, and the rifleman kept shooting with his rifle while running...

Soon, more than half of the company participating in the sneak attack suffered casualties.

Wei Dayong saw it and was worried, but he did not give the order to counterattack.

Although the mortar in his hand could provide fire cover for the sneak attack troops, he could not move.

The Kwantung Army's counterattack force had not yet completely entered the pocket formation. Letting the artillery fire now was tantamount to telling them that there was a trap ahead. The regiment commander's goal of taking advantage of the opportunity to eat up the Kwantung Army's counterattack force would not be achieved.

I can only pray in my heart with a face full of heartache: the sneak attack troops should retreat faster, and the Kwantung Army's counterattack troops should slow down a little!