Liang Jian: Peaceful battle, I will bring a group to help the scene

Chapter 227 Over [-] Casualties in Shelling!

"Retreat to Dugu Ridge and wait for help?"

Hearing this, Taketo Kensaburo said in a concentrated voice.

Under the night, Jiangjun Ridge, which had been attacked several times, could not be taken.

Nagata Taro already understood that when Xu Rui and other troops moved westward to less than one kilometer east of General Ridge, he had no way to take down General Ridge under such circumstances.

Now, they can only withdraw to the south, to a mountain about two kilometers south of Jiangjunling, and wait for help.

Otherwise, it would really be a dead end to be attacked by Jiangjunling and the 303rd Regiment of the Jinsui Army who were chasing at the foot of Jiangjunling Mountain.

What's more, Taketo Kensaburo also reported just now that Xu Rui and other departments are building artillery positions and will launch artillery strikes against them soon.

But now, the remnant Mali under the command of Nagata Taro has more than 500 troops.

However, there is no longer a 70mm caliber gun in his hand.

Although there are some 82 mm caliber mortars and other grenades, how can it be compared to the opponent's artillery.

Thinking of this, and knowing the situation in the east, Nagata Taro immediately and decisively decided to order the troops to withdraw southward to Dugu Ridge and stand there for help.

"That's right!!!"

Seeing Kenzaburo Taketo ask, Nagata Taro waved his hands and said in a calm voice: "Act immediately, the enemy's artillery group will not give us a lot of time.".

"Immediately retreat south to Dugu Ridge, stand firm and wait for help! Hurry up!!"

Seeing this, Kenzaburo Taketo knew that Taro Nagata did the right thing, and immediately said in a heavy voice, "Yes, division commander."

Immediately, Major General Taketo Kenzaburo did not hesitate, and immediately sent an order to retreat.

Soon, at 42:[-] in the early morning.

Under the order of Nagata Taro, the devil's remnant soldiers and horses hundreds of meters below Jiangjunling quickly retreated southward.

When more than 6000 devils moved, Chu Yunfei on Jiangjunling Mountain immediately noticed it.

"Tuan Zuo, the little devil ran south!"

Pointing to a large number of devils retreating southward at the foot of Jiangjunling Mountain, Lieutenant Colonel Fang Ligong, Chief of Staff of the 358th Regiment of the Jinsui Army, changed his face and said to Chu Yunfei.

"Made, Nagata Taro, the old devil, is actually scared?"

Seeing this situation, Chu Yunfei couldn't believe it.

Nagata Taro, this old devil still has more than 500 horses in his hands!
"Maybe they knew about the arrival of Xu Rui and Li Yunlong, and they were afraid of being attacked by us at the foot of Jiangjunling Mountain."

Chief of Staff Fang Ligong immediately thought about it, and then guessed.

"It might be this!"

Chu Yunfei nodded, agreed with Fang Ligong's guess, and immediately clapped his hands and laughed, "The little devil has no intention of attacking Jiangjunling anymore."

"Order the artillery, concentrate the artillery fire on me! You can't let the little devil retreat to the south safely!"

Fang Ligong immediately said: "Understood, Tuan Zuo." Immediately Fang Ligong immediately ordered the artillery to fire.

In an instant, the artillery of the 358th Regiment on Jiangjunling Mountain immediately concentrated their artillery and mortars, aiming at the devil team that was moving south and retreating violently.

"Shhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!"

The ear-piercing screaming sound immediately whistled over the sky in the early morning night.

Soon, one after another shells with long tail flames roared and smashed into the team of devils who were hurriedly retreating south.

"Boom, boom, boom, boom!!!"

Explosions came one after another, and the devil soldiers in the retreating devil team immediately exploded, screaming again and again.

The flames of the explosion immediately attracted Xu Rui, Li Yunlong and others who were less than one kilometer east of Jiangjun Ridge.

"Commander Xu, the artillery of the 358th Regiment on Jiangjunling Mountain has fired!"

Li Yunlong said in surprise: "It's less than 10 minutes before the attack is launched!".

"There may be a situation!"

Xu Rui said immediately.

Soon, a communication soldier rushed to Xu Rui and reported: "Reporting to the regiment, the 358th regiment informed us through the walkie-talkie that the remnants of the devils under Nagata Taro's command post are retreating south.".

"They are bombarding Jiangjunling Mountain, please let us fire immediately!"

When Xu Rui heard this, he immediately said to Wang Dazhu, the commander of the artillery company: "Fire immediately!".

"Yes, group seats!!!"

Wang Dazhu, the commander of the artillery company of the 303rd regiment of the Jinsui Army, stood at attention and saluted, then hurried to the artillery position that had almost been built, and waved a small flag to direct the artillery to fire.

"Target the area south of Jiangjunling Mountain, cluster bombardment, fire!!!"

At Wang Dazhu's order, thirty 75mm mountain guns immediately bombarded the south of Jiangjunling Mountain.

"Tom tom tom, tom tom tom!!!"

Accompanied by the sound of cannons ejected from the chamber, one by one shells smashed into the predetermined shelling position in the early morning night sky.

"Boom, boom, boom!!!"

A few seconds later, the dense shells hit the devil team that was moving and retreating in the direction of Dugu Ridge.

The fragments of the explosion splashed everywhere, unceremoniously piercing through the bodies of countless devil soldiers in the night.

The screams of the ghost soldiers continued to yell immediately.

Taro Nagata, Chief of Staff Kenzaburo Taketo and other personnel from the command headquarters took the lead and rushed towards Dugu Ridge ahead of the team.

Turning his head, he saw that the dense shells were chasing south and exploding, which immediately frightened Nagata Taro to speed up and run towards Dugu Ridge.

All of a sudden, more than 500 devils, under the hasty command of Nagata Taro, rushed towards Dugu Ridge, and the team began to be a little chaotic.

Fortunately, under the darkness of night, Xu Rui and others ordered the artillery to fire. The accuracy of the shelling was impossible because of the darkness of night.

Therefore, it can only be bombarded according to the range where the devils retreat to the south.

It's just that so many artillery shells covered the bombing, and the remnants of the devils who were retreating southward in the direction of Dugu Ridge were bombed enough.

It was not until 53:[-] in the morning that Nagata Taro commanded the remnant army to withdraw to Duguling.

Dugu Ridge is a mountain with more than a dozen small hills, with an altitude of 700 to [-] meters.

The altitude of the main peak is the highest, about 680 meters.

Immediately after Taro Nagata withdrew to Dugu Ridge, he immediately set up the headquarters directly on the main peak of Dugu Ridge according to the contour line display on the map.

Looking down at the overall situation, the rest of the troops were immediately stationed on a dozen small hills around Dugu Ridge.

"Division Commander, during the retreat, the enemy encountered heavy shelling, causing heavy casualties!"

In the temporary headquarters on the main peak of Dugu Ridge, the division commander and chief of staff Kenzaburo Taketo reported to Nagata Taro the loss of troops during the southward retreat to Dugu Ridge, saying: "We are in the process of retreating to Dugu Ridge. He was chased and bombed by the enemy's fierce artillery fire, and more than [-] people were killed or injured."

"Currently, after the losses and casualties reported by various ministries, we still have about 6000 people!"

Hearing this, Nagata Taro, who looked around at a dozen small hills around Dugu Ridge on the main peak of Dugu Ridge, sighed secretly, with a helpless expression.

"understood!"

In the end, Nagata Taro just waved his hand and said bitterly.

"Division Commander, you are the backbone of our entire army!"

Kenzaburo Taketo saw that Nagata Taro looked a little bit lacking in fighting spirit, and immediately encouraged him: "We still have more than 6000 elite imperial troops, relying on the main peak of Dugu Ridge and a dozen small hills around it to defend.".

"Facing the siege of Xu Rui and other enemy troops, it will not make them feel better."

Nagata Taro waved his hand and said: "Although that is the case, we have lost a lot now.".

(End of this chapter)