I am an artillery soldier

Chapter 584 Hirai Ichiro

"Why didn't you pursue him?" Liu Gen asked directly after Xue Bing came back.

Xue Bing was a little puzzled, and explained: "The devils are prepared, and if they continue to attack, it is easy to cause certain casualties."

"Now we are the defenders. We don't have to think about killing all the infantry squads at once. The devils will have other troops coming. We need to maintain our own strength as much as possible to avoid unnecessary casualties."

Battalion Commander Wang nodded in agreement. He very much agreed with Xue Bing's point of view. After achieving certain results, he did not continue to forcibly kill this infantry squad.

The strength of an infantry squad is not too much, but Xue Bing and others have killed almost half of the devil soldiers. If they continue to forcibly kill this devil squad, they will only usher in the dying counterattack of this devil infantry squad, which is more or less worth the candle.

"Not bad job!"

"It seems that you are still making progress, very good, keep going!" Liu Gen patted Xue Bing's shoulder lightly and said quite satisfied.

Xue Bing is older than Liu Gen, but even so, he still maintains enough respect for Liu Gen.Xue Bing was very excited by Liu Gen's exaggeration, and his efforts during this period were very valuable.Xue Bing seemed to see the hope of continuing to stay with Liu Gen as a guard, and his eyes showed obvious firmness. He must maintain his current state and continue to work hard.

Xue Bing and the others returned to the position again. They did not choose to rest directly. Instead, the soldiers chose to rest after filling all the magazines of their rifles and replenishing their own ammunition.It can be seen that the soldiers of the guard company are very cautious and have rich combat experience.

Even without Xue Bing's order, the soldiers still did a very good job, and this is where the combat effectiveness of an army can be seen the most.

Knowing that the devils would keep attacking troops, Liu Gen stayed in the front line, and at the same time told the soldiers to order the infantry battalion to rest well and not rush into the battle.Battalion Commander Zhang was a little puzzled at first. In his opinion, when the devils attacked, only the infantry battalion could go up to reduce the casualties of the soldiers as much as possible.

Now that the infantry battalion is not allowed to participate in the battle, but only relying on Xue Bing's guard company and Wang Battalion Commander's artillery battalion, can this really hold the position?
Even after receiving the order from Liu Gen, Battalion Commander Wang still couldn't believe it. After meeting Liu Gen in person at the front line, he reluctantly went back to the infantry battalion to rest.Liu Gen's attitude was very resolute, and Zhang Battalion Commander's good words failed to change Liu Gen's mind, which made Zhang Yingchang very helpless.

Unfortunately, before departure, the command of the troops was in Liu Gen's hands, which meant that even if Battalion Commander Zhang didn't quite understand why Liu Gen made such an order, he could only choose to obey.Through the conversation with Liu Gen, Zhang Battalion Commander could see that Liu Gen's attitude was very firm. If he really opposed Liu Gen's order, then Liu Gen would definitely not be polite to him in the slightest.

"Comrade Liu Gen, in fact, it is also possible to let the infantry battalion go up."

"With Battalion Commander Zhang's ability and the fact that the infantry battalion has rested, the combat power should recover pretty well." Seeing Battalion Commander Zhang leave angrily, Battalion Commander Wang couldn't help but said.

Battalion Commander Wang appreciates Liu Gen's ability, and he doesn't want the relationship between Liu Gen and Battalion Commander Zhang to be affected by this incident. The relationship between the two is too rigid, and it will easily affect the battle.

"Commander Wang, I don't want the infantry battalion to come up directly, because I hope the infantry battalion will have more time to rest."

"The infantry battalion's combat effectiveness is not weak. The infantry battalion has not been exposed to the devils. When the time is right, the infantry battalion will definitely become our biggest hole card."

"What's more, the battle experienced by the infantry battalion yesterday was too cruel. Even if the infantry battalion's combat effectiveness is not weak, it will be difficult to recover within a day."

"..."

While Liu Gen and Battalion Commander Wang were talking, some devil troops were rapidly attacking in the direction of Nuanquan Town, but the devil troops were not strong.Now, there are battles taking place in the surrounding area, even if the devils are constantly mobilizing troops to come, it can't relieve the tense situation of the devils' troops.

The devil unit that came to support was the 3th Infantry Squadron of the Devil's 6rd Independent Mixed Brigade. When he received the task of supporting Nuanquan Town, the squadron leader Hirai Ichiro of the 6th Infantry Squadron was very dissatisfied.The 6th Infantry Squadron was transferred to support, Hirai Ichiro wanted to make meritorious service.

Ichiro Hirai had been the captain of the 6th Squadron for several years. He wanted to improve himself, at least he had to become the captain of the squadron before he could achieve certain results.Hirai Ichiro didn't want to tell his family that he was just a squadron leader after returning to his hometown.

Hirai Ichiro could almost imagine how disappointed his family would be. He was the squadron leader when he left the mainland, and he was still the squadron leader when he returned. This is a bit too wasteful.

"How far is it to Nuanquan Town?" Hirai Ichiro called the staff officer beside him and asked impatiently.

Ichiro Hirai didn't pay attention to such a small town. If Nuanquan Town didn't have a certain strategic value, Ichiro Hirai would definitely refuse this support mission directly.In Ichiro Hirai's view, if he wanted to take down a small town, a squadron of Imperial Army infantry would be enough, and no infantry squadron would be needed at all.

It would be a bit too wasteful to send an infantry squadron to such a small town.

"There are still thirty miles. We should be able to reach Nuanquan Town within two hours." The staff officer opened the map and replied quickly.

Hirai Ichiro frowned, "Two hours? It's too slow! It's too time-consuming!"

"Immediately speed up the march. Be sure to arrive at Nuanquan Town within an hour and launch an attack! I want to complete this support mission within two hours! Then participate in more battles!"

"Ha Yi!" The staff officer lowered his head and responded.

The staff officer quickly ran away and gave Hirai Ichiro's order. Two minutes later, the marching speed of the Devil Infantry Squadron suddenly accelerated.

An hour later, the 6th Infantry Squadron successfully arrived at the outskirts of Nuanquan Town. Before the Japanese soldiers had enough time to rest, Ichiro Hirai gave the order to attack with all his might!Ichiro Hirai did not seriously understand the specific situation of Nuanquan Town. From his point of view, a small town would not have too many troops from the Eighth Route Army.

Even if the Eighth Route Army has enough troops in Nuanquan Town, Hirai Ichiro is not too afraid. He believes that the combat effectiveness of the 6th Infantry Squadron under his command, Nuanquan Town can't stop them at all!
The leader of the Devil Infantry Squad was taken aback when he saw the 6th Infantry Squadron directly attacking. He also wanted to report the specific situation of Nuanquan Town to Ichiro Hirai.

Now it seems that there should be no need for him to report.

(End of this chapter)