Chapter 322: Rush to the Rescue
After the matter was assigned, their troops divided into two routes and rushed to the flank of the battlefield where the northern regimental headquarters was located.
"They're just carrying that thing, if it's useful, they won't use it, or you can lend us the firepower platoon envoy." Zhang Yunfei looked at the soldiers of the second battalion who were happily carrying heavy machine guns, and couldn't help frowning.
"Don't bother you, we can make it good." Qi Dajiu immediately shook his head.
He has always borrowed but not repaid, the debts he owes to Zhang Ergou are enough to sell him several times, this heavy machine gun took the old nose to intercept it, and it belongs to their second battalion, and then lend it to Zhang Ergou at this time, it is really a meat bun to beat the dog, and he has not directly detained it on the grounds of repaying the debt.
On the battlefield in China, the devil with artillery is the elite, and the eighth road can be regarded as the main force with heavy machine guns, like their new regiment, the whole regiment only has one heavy machine gun, like some unpopular regiments and detachments, there is no such thing as a heavy machine gun at all.
For the Eighth Route Army, which lacked heavy weapons, the importance of heavy machine guns was self-evident, but it was generally used as a regimental firepower configuration, and it was not easy for them to keep this machine gun.
However, Qi Dajiu is not here, he didn't think about keeping this heavy machine gun, and being able to capture the heavy machine gun is a great achievement in itself, and Zhang Ergou has captured a heavy machine gun, how can he, Qi Dajiu, fall behind him.
He still has an obsession with capturing heavy machine guns, in the past, his team, in order to capture heavy machine guns, almost wiped out, this time, how to count this heavy machine gun as a trophy of his second battalion.
Zhang Yunfei didn't fight with him about this, and this time the casualties, their second battalion was indeed bigger, especially the reconnaissance platoon that was the first to block the Japanese puppet army, and almost lost all casualties.
This kind of brave style of play really has Qi Dajiu's style, but after seeing the platoon commander who led the team to block the attack, Zhang Yunfei was angry from his heart and directly kicked Li Ergou.
He is a little skeptical about life, is there a problem with his words and deeds, this platoon commander is that Huang San, his life experience, personality and other aspects are almost exactly the same as Li Ergou.
His past is a copy of Li Ergou, and now, his mother has become a copy of Qi Dajiu, what has he experienced.
The collective of Eight Roads can really transform people, even waste materials can be exercised into steel.
But as soon as I saw Li Ergou, this guy was still that dead, and he was angry, this person was really angry compared to others, could it be that his own steelmaking furnace was really not good, or was this guy just a waste slag, and he didn't contain iron at all.
Zhang Yunfei rushed to the battlefield where the regiment headquarters was located with his troops, but the battlefield of the regiment headquarters and the first battalion was very difficult, and the Japanese puppet army dispatched from Qingling wanted to ensure the smooth flow of the communication line from Qingling to Xincheng.
With all his strength, he sent five squads of devils and a battalion of puppet troops to attack the front line of Nanwangzhuang, where the regiment headquarters was located.
It was still quite difficult to resist the Japanese puppet army with less than two battalions (not a clerical error, the number of a regiment of the Eighth Route Army was large, and the total number of the new regiment was small in the scale of four battalions).
The devils divided their troops into two routes, constantly adopting roundabout tactics, trying to break through the defense line of the Nanwangzhuang regimental headquarters, but it was not that the regimental headquarters and the first battalion had to fight to the death with this Japanese puppet army.
There were two or three battalions to the south of them engaged the enemy, and they could not flee when they saw the enemy, so they could only block the enemy's attack, which also missed the best time to evacuate.
Now that they have come into contact with the enemy, it is not so easy to break away again, and the special service company, machine gun company, etc., directly under the regimental headquarters, plus a battalion, are all adapted from the independent regiment, and they can be regarded as the elite of the new regiment, and it is not wrong to even say that they are the backbone of the independent brigade.
Coupled with the previous battle, the second and third battalions all suffered heavy casualties, and it didn't take long to rebuild, so their part, placed in the northernmost part of the whole regiment, was itself to prevent the devils of Qingling County who were stationed in heavy troops.
The regiment commander and political commissar expected that the devils dispatched by Qingling would inevitably be the most difficult bone for them to gnaw in this operation, and they also expected that as soon as the battle started, the enemy would definitely send reinforcements.
However, this time, the Japanese puppet army sent slightly more troops than expected, which also made it extremely difficult for them to block, but their blocking was extremely critical to the overall situation, and they had to fight such a battle.
The backs of the second and third battalions were handed over to them, and they absolutely could not retreat at this time, and the length of time they resisted the Japanese puppet army directly determined the success or failure of the entire battle.
Once their side could not effectively hold back the Japanese puppet army that had come out to reinforce Qingling, and let them free up their hands to move south without hindrance, their battle plan to destroy the blockade line in Qingling this time was in danger of complete failure.
The defeat is not terrible, the key thing is that once they withdraw, the second and third battalions will inevitably face the danger of being exposed to the enemy on their backs.
However, it was impossible to expect them to completely resist the attack of the Japanese puppet army, and they could only buy some more time, which was also the enemy briefing specially conveyed to them by the regiment commander and political commissar.
Because the speed of information transmission was too slow, the regiment commanders did not know the battle situation on the southern front, and they also could not predict the trend of their own battle situation, so they let them make a decision on the spot.
And now that the battle situation on their southern front is unusually smooth, since they have freed their hands, it is impossible to evacuate quickly after the end of the battle according to the intention of the regimental headquarters.
Zhang Yunfei can't be so obedient, even if he wants to do this, it is estimated that Qi Dajiu will not agree, as soon as this guy hears that there is a fight, he really rushes forward with a roar.
Now that the regimental headquarters is fighting a difficult war, can he not go up, and besides, the regimental headquarters plus a battalion, if not a thousand, there are eight hundred, which is about the same as the Japanese puppet army in terms of numbers.
Maybe they may be a little inferior in weapons and equipment, but they can be regarded as the core elite backbone of the entire independent brigade, how can they compete with the Japanese puppet army for a period of time, far from the point of exhaustion.
At most, they are in a weak position, and the battle situation is unfavorable, and their support army arrives, maybe there is still a chance to turn the tide of the battle, even if they can't turn the tide of the battle, then at least they can retreat.
Because of the slow transmission of information, the battle has ended on their side, so what to do next, this back and forth delivery time will be at least two or three hours.
Where there are hours waiting for you on the battlefield, they can only rush to the battlefield first, take one step at a time, and then make plans depending on the specific situation.
The current situation depends on the consideration of the regimental headquarters, if the regimental headquarters decides to retreat on all fronts before they arrive, then everything will be over, if they rush to the battlefield and the regimental headquarters is still insisting on blocking the enemy, then their army may be able to become a detachment of surprise troops.