I am an artillery soldier

Chapter 251 Prepare to retreat
While Liu Gen and others were resting, the main force of the 129th Division was attacking the surrounded devils.

The devil's fighting power is not weak. After knowing that he was surrounded, the devil quickly found a terrain that was good for defense, and defended tenaciously. The units of the 129th Division continued to attack the devils, but due to the presence of devil fighters in the sky, facing the powerful firepower of the devil fighters, the soldiers of the attacking devils suffered a lot of casualties.

During the battle, the soldiers were red-eyed, and the heroic soldiers roared and rushed towards the devil's defensive position.The devil's artillery had long been killed by the main force of the 129th division. The devil's ability to persist for such a long time in the encirclement was entirely due to the crazy cover of the devil's fighter planes.

At the same time, the devils from all sides are rapidly approaching, trying to use the devils in the encirclement as bait to wipe out the main force of the 129th Division.The battle continued, and after the attacks of the troops of the 129th Division during the day, most of the highlands defended by the devils were lost!

After night fell, the soldiers launched a fierce attack again, without the existence of the devils' fighter planes, successfully captured the high ground defended by the devils, and successfully wiped out these devils here.

Just before taking down the defensive high ground, the head of the division headquarters issued the order to evacuate to the troops. The fighting in the Yuliao area made the devils aware of it, and more and more devils came to this area for reinforcements. .In the direction of Yangquan, more than 1000 Japanese troops went south for reinforcements, and in other directions, the Japanese troops were even more mobilized.

Considering that the 129th Division fought frequently during this period, the soldiers were relatively fatigued, and suffered heavy casualties. They also judged that the Japanese troops in Liao County, Yushe and other areas might take advantage of the situation to "sweep" the area north of Taihang Mountain, so they decided to End the Battle of Yuliao.

The independent regiment and the 772 regiment, which were attacking and defending north of Liao County, also received orders from the division chiefs. Their goal of blocking the reinforcements from the devils had been achieved, and the division chiefs ordered them to return to the base area for rest.Considering the casualties of the Independent Regiment and the 772 Regiment, the bosses of the division headquarters also hope that the two regiments can absorb supplementary troops nearby and make sufficient preparations for the upcoming anti-'sweeping' campaign!

In the defensive position, night fell, and it did not affect the devils to continue to attack the position.After the devil's reinforcements arrived in the afternoon and the troops were replenished, the devils decisively launched an attack on the defensive position again.

This time the devil had the cover of the artillery, and took the initiative to launch an artillery attack on the exposed position of the artillery company, but when the devil's reinforcements arrived, Liu Gen had already led the soldiers to move the artillery position, so he knew that the devil would attack the artillery position .

Devils have artillery, so they are undoubtedly a lot more arrogant, but these devils also know that these defenses are stupid, the artillery technology is very powerful, and the shelling is also quite accurate!In order to prevent the newly arrived artillery from being killed by the artillery company, the devil put the artillery in a relatively safe position, thousands of meters away from the frontline position.

After shelling the artillery positions of the artillery company, the devil's artillery chose to hide again, and did not choose to continue the shelling, also to prevent their positions from being exposed.In fact, the artillery newly added by the devils cannot compare with the artillery company in terms of firepower.

After all, the current artillery company has mortars from the Independent Regiment and the 772 Regiment. Even if the artillery skills of ordinary soldiers cannot be compared with Liu Gen, the lethality they can cause cannot be underestimated.

After the devil's artillery was hidden, they no longer chose to fire. They wanted the artillery company to fire on its own initiative, so that they could find a chance to deal with the artillery company.With the combat power of the Devil Artillery, as long as they can react in a short time, they can really cause a lot of casualties to the artillery company.

Liu Gen also knew this, so he simply let the 60mm mortars brought by Zhang Qiang disperse into the defensive position. Once there were some unsolvable devils in the front line defensive position, he could directly use the mortar to kill the devils.The artillery company did this, which still caused a lot of trouble for the devil artillery. If they didn't choose to fire, they could still maintain a considerable deterrent force.

And once they choose to fire, they will probably be converted from hunters to prey. The ability to shell so accurately shows that these earth-bare artillery are not weak.In the end, the devil's artillery still did not dare to choose to move out easily, and the devil's artillery was not weak. From the sound of the artillery and observations, they determined that the artillery in the defensive position had a limited range and could not threaten their rear.

Faced with such a difficult Devil Artillery, Liu Gen was also a little helpless. With Devil Artillery watching and waiting, he naturally couldn't make a move easily.Even Liu Gen couldn't guarantee that he wouldn't have any problems under the devil's shelling.

Besides, after the Devil Artillery is hidden, it is difficult to find their specific location. If they fire shots rashly, they will not pose the slightest threat to the Devil Artillery. Naturally, they cannot choose to do so.

As night fell, when he learned from Li Yunlong that he was going to retreat, Liu Gen directly ordered the soldiers to dismantle the mortars in their hands and prepare to retreat.As for continuing to shell the devils, there is naturally no need for them. Before Liu Gen didn't use the 81mm mortar, the devils would not choose to fire easily.

Liu Gen was not a fool, he knew that he was going to retreat, but he still had to continue a wave of artillery battle with the devils. This kind of operation was too wise for him to do it.

When Yu Jin led the soldiers away from the artillery company, he could see the obvious depression on his face. He chose to take Liu Gen with him because they wanted to learn something from Liu Gen's firing.But who would have thought that the devil's artillery would be so cowardly, except for firing a few shots when they first arrived, there was no more sound.Knowing that this would be the case, Yu Jin took the initiative to choose to go to Zhang Qiang's side, at least he could control the mortar to join the battle.

Seeing Yu Jin lead the soldiers away, Liu Gen also heaved a sigh of relief, he did not choose to attack the Devil Artillery, it was also the soldiers who failed to react in the first time.Otherwise, Liu Gen could have attacked the Devil Artillery within the time it took for the Devil Artillery to fire a few shots.

It's a pity that the soldiers of the artillery company suffered a lot of casualties, many of them were sent by Liu Gen to follow Zhang Qiang, and there were not many soldiers left by Liu Gen's side.In addition, the soldiers of the artillery company of the 772nd Regiment had just arrived at Liu Gen's side and were unable to cooperate with each other. Naturally, it was impossible to launch a counterattack against the Devil's artillery immediately.

He ordered the soldiers of the artillery company to return to Liao County to prepare to retreat, and Liu Gen was going to follow Li Yunlong. He knew that the devils would not let the Independent Regiment and the 772 Regiment leave easily, and there would still be many small-scale battles tonight. occur!
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